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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.lang.*;
  5. import java.io.*;
  6. import java.util.regex.*;
  7. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  8. class Ideone
  9. {
  10. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  11. {
  12. String SPECIAL_REGEX_CHARS = "[()'\"\\[\\]*]";
  13. String s = "\"te(st\""; // => "te\(st"
  14. //String s = "te(st"; // => te\(st
  15. //String s = "te\"st"; // => te\"st
  16. String result;
  17. if (s.startsWith("\"") && s.endsWith("\"")) {
  18. result = "\"" + s.replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").replaceAll(SPECIAL_REGEX_CHARS, "\\\\$0") + "\"";
  19. }
  20. else {
  21. result = s.replaceAll(SPECIAL_REGEX_CHARS, "\\\\$0");
  22. }
  23. System.out.println(result.toString());
  24. }
  25. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.1s 320576KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
"te\(st"