Replacing § with & problem (config)

Hey... so I get this error that says that there is a problem with the string "prefix' in my config.yml. My best guess is that it's the amperisgn(&). I'm really bad at configs so yeah :/
stacktrace:


Code:

Code:java

public void onEnable(){
        getConfig().options().copyDefaults(true);
        saveConfig();
    }
    @Override
    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label, String[] args) {
        if(!(sender instanceof Player)){
            sender.sendMessage("§4PLAYERS ONLY!");
            return true;
        }
        Player p = (Player) sender;
        if(cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("broadcast") || cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("bc")){
            if(!p.hasPermission("bc.use")){
                p.sendMessage("§cYou cannot use this command!");
                return true;
            }
            String msg = "";
            for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                msg += args[i] + " ";
            }
            if(args.length > 0){
            Bukkit.broadcastMessage(getConfig().getString("prefix").replace("§", "&") + " " + msg.replace("&", "§"));
            return true;
            } else {
                p.sendMessage("§cUsage: /broadcast <message>");
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
 
}
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Looks like the YAML parser can't parse the ampersand and left bracket correctly because it thinks they're configuration tokens. Try putting apostrophes around the text:

Code:

prefix: '&1[EncorePvP]'

 

Try replaceAll();

 

ko47374737 replaceAll() doesn't really do anything different from replace(). It just takes a regular expression.

 

Code:java

String n = getConfig().getString("prefix").replace("§", "&") + " " + msg.replace("&", "§")
bukkit.broadcastMessage(n);

 

ko47374737 That wasn't really the problem in the first place, replaceAll() wouldn't fix anything, you have the first replace statement the wrong way round, and replace() is a bad way to translate chatcolors - ChatColor has a method for this.

 

afistofirony That is an incredibly big difference, regex adds so much more possibilities.
AdamQpzm replaceAll("&(?=[a-fklmnor0-9])", "§")

But yes, for code maintainability and readability, you should just use the translate method in the ChatColor enum.