thymeleaf multi string replace

Question

I want to do a string replace on multiple keywords:

<td th:text="${#strings.arrayReplace(strLocation,['Latitude: ', 'Longitude: '], ['',''])}"></td>

Answer 1

Short Answer

I think you want multipleReplace not arrayReplace. But just in case, I have shown both methods below.

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Longer Answer

Using arrayReplace:

You can see the method signature of the arrayReplace method here:

public String[] arrayReplace(Object[] target, String before, String after)

So, an example of how to use that is as follows:

Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<>();
// arrayReplace example:
String[] targetArray = {"Volvo", "BMW", "Ford"};
model.put("targetArray", targetArray);
model.put("before", "Ford");
model.put("after", "Mazda");

And the related Thymeleaf:

#strings.arrayReplace(targetArray, before, after)

This replaces all occurrences of Ford with Mazda in the array.

A demo (I wrap the array output in arrayJoin, so you can actually see the data in your HTML:

<div th:text="${#strings.arrayJoin(targetArray, ', ')}"></div>
<br>
<div th:text="${#strings.arrayJoin(#strings.arrayReplace(targetArray, before, after), ', ')}"></div>

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Using multipleReplace:

However, I don't think this is what you want. I think you want to take a string such as this:

Latitude: 1.23456, Longitude: 2.34567

and convert it to this:

1.23456, 2.34567

To do that, you can use multipleReplace:

The Java test data:

// multipleReplace example:
String targetString = "Latitude: 1.23456, Longitude: 2.34567";
String[] beforeArray = {"Latitude: ", "Longitude: "};
String[] afterArray = {"", ""};
model.put("targetString", targetString);
model.put("beforeArray", beforeArray);
model.put("afterArray", afterArray);

The Thymeleaf:

<!-- multipleReplace -->
<div th:text="${targetString}"></div>
<br>
<div th:text="${#strings.multipleReplace(targetString, beforeArray, afterArray)}"></div>

The resulting HTML, showing the "before" and "after" strings:

<div>Latitude: 1.23456, Longitude: 2.34567</div>
<br>
<div>1.23456, 2.34567</div>