FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_07-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_07-b05, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Win XP

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
import java.io.File;
public class Test
{
	public static void main(String[] argv)
	{
		String str = "file after replace ? ";
		String fname = "C:"+File.separator+"abc"+File.separator+"test";
		System.out.println(fname);
		str = str.replaceFirst("[?]", fname);
		System.out.println(str);
	}
}

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
in above program it should produce :




EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
C:\abc\test
file after replace C:\abc\test
ACTUAL -
C:\abc\test
file after replace C:abctest

has eaten up '\' from replacement string, I believe replacement string should not be parsed but just copied

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.io.File;
public class Test
{
	public static void main(String[] argv)
	{
		String str = "file after replace ? ";
		String fname = "C:"+File.separator+"abc"+File.separator+"test";
		System.out.println(fname);
		str = str.replaceFirst("[?]", fname);
		System.out.println(str);
	}
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------
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