Java string replace and the NUL NULL ASCII 0 character

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Testing out someone elses code  I noticed a few JSP pages printing funky non-ASCII characters  Taking a dip into the source I found this tidbit      remove any periods from first name e g  Mr  John -- gt  Mr John firstName   firstName trim   replace       0      Does replacing a character in a String with a null character even work in Java  I know that   0  will terminate a C-string  Would this be the culprit to the funky characters

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Does replacing a character in a String   with a null character even work in   Java    No      Would this be the culprit to the funky characters    Quite likely

User · Answer

Should be probably changed to   firstName   firstName trim   replaceAll

User · Answer

I think it should be the case  To erase the character  you should use replace          instead

User · Answer

Does replacing a character in a String with a null character even work in Java?

No.

Would this be the culprit to the funky characters?

Quite likely.

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This does cause  funky characters    System out println   Mr  Foo  trim   replace       0       produces   Mr   Foo   in my Eclipse console  where the    is shown as a square box   As others have posted  use String replace

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