Strings are imuteable. If you proceed with this understanding, then use the series of functions that simply result in the new string containing what you want. String old = "Hello World"; String new = "Goodbye "+old.substring(blah, blah); Etc, etc Does that make sense? Take care, Sina ________________________________ From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gilbert Neiva Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:13 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Java Replacing characters How do I replace a character in a string varriable with another. string word1; word1 = "cot" How would I for example replace the o with an a. I know that the method charAt() can be used to extract a character from a group of characters within a string. I know that subString method can be used to extract a parcial string from a string varriable. I also know that indexOf method can be used to find a character or group of characters within a string varriable. I am not sure how to insert, or even replace a character or group of characters within a string varriable. Can someone help me with this issue? Thanks. Gilbert Neiva __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind