How to replace a String in java which contains dot?

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escape the dot, or else it will match any character. This escaping is necessary, because replaceAll() treats the first paramter as a regular expression. 

customerName = customerName.replaceAll("\\.", "");

You can do the whole thing with one statement:

customerName = customerName.replaceAll("[\\s.]", "");

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