Java Programming

Hi

I am getting following exception while executing this statement.can any body give anyt idea and how to fix this problem?


String sbr="this is kdfdanth redd*t from fdgkanth";
String bol=sbr.replaceAll("*"," ");
System.out.println("********* " + bol);

Exception in thread "main" java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta
character '*' near index 0
*
^
at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.sequence(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.expr(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.String.replaceAll(Unknown Source)
at Max.main(Max.java:23)