The signature of String's replace method is:
>>public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar), <<
so your method call is wrong, or in other words you need to implement it by
yourself or here is little help:
   public static String replace(String str, String pattern, String replace)
    {
        int s = 0;
        int e = 0;
        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();

        while ((e = str.indexOf(pattern, s)) >= 0)
        {
            result.append(str.substring(s, e));
            result.append(replace);
            s = e+pattern.length();
        }
        result.append(str.substring(s));
        return result.toString();
    }

and you just need to call it                 replace(searchitems, " ", "%\'
OR \'%")

good luck!



----- Original Message -----
From: James McIntosh <james@m...>
To: Pro_JavaServer_Pages <pro_jsp@p...>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 9:39 AM
Subject: [pro_jsp] replacing character with string


> Hi,
>
> I am trying to replace a space in a string with another this:","%\' OR \'%
>
> This is what I thought of but they only let me replace one character with
> another, any suggestions?
>
> searchitems = searchitems.replace(" ","%\' OR \'%");
>
> StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
> buffer.append(searchitems);
> buffer.replace(" ","\%\' OR \'\%");
> buffer.toString();
> searchitems = buffer;
>
>
> Thanks Heaps!