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Substring error with ( or )

807606Feb 24 2007 — edited Feb 24 2007

Hi, i'm trying to do a substring in a string.. using:

txt.replaceAll(":(", "SAD");

but get an error

"Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unclosed group near index 2
:("

or when i use:

txt.replaceAll(":(", "HAPPY");

I get the error:

"Unmatched closing ')' near index 0 :)"

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