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<xsl:sequence select="replace(., '''', 'XXX')"/>


On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Liam R E Quin liam@xxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 18:29:50 -0000
> "Craig Sampson craig.sampson@xxxxxxx" <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I have to escape several characters, one of which is an apostrophe, in
> strings that I am writing out to a DOJO script. I've tried everything I can
> think of but can't get the apostrophe replace working.
> >
> > Here's of few of the replaces I've tried: (note that all of the double
> and single quotes are the regular keyboard characters - outlook has altered
> them below)
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="newString" select="replace(oldString, '(['])',
> 'XXX')"/>
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="newString" select="replace(oldString, '&apos;',
> 'XXX')"/>
> These two will be the same once XSLT gets to see...
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="newString" select="replace(oldString, '''', 'XXX')"/>
>
> How about
>  <xsl:variable name="newString" select='replace(oldString, "&apos;",
> "XXX")'/>
>
> Liam
>
>
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>



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