java replace a character in a string at an index code example

Example 1: java replace character

// We want to replace every # with a 8
String larry = "Larry is # years old";
String newString = larry.replace("#", "8");

Example 2: java string replace character at position

String str = in.nextLine();	//Original String
char cr = in.next().charAt(0); // character to replace
int index = in.nextInt();	// Index where replaced
str = str.substring(0, index) + cr + str.substring(index + 1);// modified string

Example 3: replace character in string java

String str = ".............................."; 

        int index = 5; 
  
        char ch = '|'; 
 
        StringBuilder string = new StringBuilder(str); 
        string.setCharAt(index, ch); 

        System.out.println(string);