Steve, Thanks, I'll try using quotes. I do used ' all the time, but it becomes an apostrophe somewhere there when Flash loads the XML doc.
Thanks! On 4/10/06, Steve Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ramon, > > > I need to search an XML via a string that may contain apostrophes. > > > > ex.: > > > > var sDesc:String = XPath.selectNodes(_xml, "//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" + > > sReleasedLabel + "']/@writeup")[0]; > > > > Is there a way to escape the apostrophe? The problem is that the > > sReleasedLabel, which contains "Chinese New Year '06", is thought to > > end at "... Year " because of the apostrophe. > > > > I've tried "/" and "\" as escape chars but they don't work. > > You should be able to use double quotes surrounding the expression > you are looking for... > > XPath.selectNodes(_xml, "//[EMAIL PROTECTED]"" + sReleasedLabel + "\"]/ > @writeup")[0]; > > This is something that wouldn't work in an xpath statement in an XML > file, but you should be able to get away with it in ActionScript > depending on whether the xpath library you are using supports this > notation. > > Other than that there is no solution to your problem. Better to > encode your attribute values so that they contain ' instead of > apostrophe characters. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > -- > Steve Webster > Head of Development > > Featurecreep Ltd. > http://www.featurecreep.com > 14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH > 0117 905 5047 > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Ramon Miguel M. Tayag Managing Director Quirkworks _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
