HOW TO REPLACE THIS

Hi
Form
Can somebody Tell me where am i doing Wrong
if(WordPlus.startsWith("+~")) {
WordPlus = WordPlus .replaceAll( "+~" , "+" );
At run time the Execption is produced
java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta character '+' near index 0
thx in advance

Hi
Form
I Used the StringBuffer Replace ment Factor something like this
as u advised but something turns up wrong in the 3rd and 4th if Condition
The code is as below
public string getReplace( String Word){
String WordPlus = "",WordMinus = "";
if(Word.startsWith("+~"){
StringBuffer splus = new StringBuffer(Word);
WordPlus = (splus.delete(0,2)+"")+trim();
if(Word.startsWith("-~"){
StringBuffer sminus = new StringBuffer(Word);
WordMinus = (sminus .delete(0,2)+"")+trim();
if(Word.startsWith("+"){
if(Word.startsWith("-"){
Word = "+" + WordPlus + "-" + WordMinus ;
return Word;
It the I/p is "+~Roses~"
O/p is "+Roses~"
but if I/p is "+Roses~
O/p does not Reply any thing.
Please Help me
thx in advace

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Back up all data.
Quit Messages if it’s running.
Step 1
Hold down the option key and select
Go ▹ Library
from the Finder menu bar. Move the following items from the Library folder to the Trash (either may not exist):
Caches/com.apple.Messages
Caches/com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent
Leave the Library folder open. Log out and log back in. Try Messages again. If it works now, stop here. Close the Library folder.
Step 2
If you still have problems, quit Messages again. Go back to the Finder and move the following item from the open Library folder to the Desktop:
Messages
Note: you are not moving the Messages application. You’re moving a folder named “Messages.”
Test. If Messages now works, delete the Messages folder on the Desktop. Otherwise, quit Messages again. Put back the folder you moved, overwriting the newer one that may have been created in its place, and continue.
Step 3
In the Preferences subfolder, there may be several files having names that begin with "com.apple.iChat". Move them all to the Desktop. There may also be a file with the name "com.apple.imagent.plist". Move that to the Trash.
Also in the Preferences folder, there's a subfolder named "ByHost". Open it and do the same thing.
Log out and log back in. Test again. This time Messages should perform normally, but your settings will be lost. You may be able to put back some of the files you moved to the Desktop in this step. Relaunch and test after each one. Eventually you should find one or more that causes Messages to malfunction. Delete those files and recreate whatever settings they contained.
If the issue is still not resolved, quit Messages again and put all the items you moved to the Desktop back where they were. You don’t need to replace the items you moved to the Trash. Stop here and post again.
If you later decide that you don’t like the results of steps 2 and 3, you can undo them completely by quitting Messages and restoring the items you deleted in those steps from your backup.

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