title: Regex using Java String.replaceAll
body: <p>I am looking to replace a java string value as follows. below code is not working.</p>
  
  <pre><code>        cleanInst.replaceAll("[&lt;i&gt;]", "");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[&lt;/i&gt;]", "");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[//]", "/");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bPhysics Dept.\b]", "Physics Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\b/n\b]", ";");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bDEPT\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bDEPT.\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bThe Dept.\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bthe dept.\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bThe Dept\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bthe dept\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bDept.\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bdept.\b]", "The Department");
          cleanInst.replaceAll("[\bdept\b]", "The Department");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What is the easiest way to achieve the above replace?</p>