Hi Margaret,
i tried the following:
<%
String msg = "Ramesh's program";
msg = msg.replace('\'','''');
out.println(msg); //i need two single quotes in the place of the
existing quote
%>
which leads to compilation error.
Ramesh Kadirisani.
Margaret Fisk wrote:
>
> Why can't you escape both single quotes in the replace with?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramesh Kadirisani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 12:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: replacing a single quote with double quotes
>
> hi Peter,
> thanks for the response. i am sorry that i put my problem in the forum
> in a wrong way. my requirement is to replace the single quote with two
> single quotes. replace function can't replace single quote with two
> single quotes. do you know any other way of doing this?
> thanks again,
> Ramesh Kadirisani.
>
> Peter Dolukhanov wrote:
> >
> > Ramesh,
> >
> > There is a rather handy function on a string called replace, it replaces
> > a certain character with another in a string.
> >
> > In your code it would read:
> >
> > <%
> > String msg = "Ramesh's program";
> >
> > test.replace('\'', '"');
> >
> > //here i want to use the code
> >
> > out.println (msg);
> > %>
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Peter Dolukhanov
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ramesh Kadirisani
> > Sent: 16 July 2002 18:52
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: replacing a single quote with double quotes
> >
> > hi,
> > i want to replace a single quote with double quotes in a string for
> > inserting into a database table(using CallableStatement). i found the
> > following code in javaguru.
> > =============
> > private String sqlEncode(String a_str){
> > int index = -1;
> > index = a_str.indexOf('\'');
> > if (index == -1)
> > return a_str;
> > int start = 0;
> > while (index != -1) {
> > a_str = a_str.substring(0, index + 1) + "'" + a_str.substring(index +
> > 1);
> > start = index + 2;
> > index = a_str.indexOf('\'', start);
> > }
> > return a_str;
> > }
> > =============
> >
> > But i don't know how to use the above code in my jsp program(i am new to
> > jsp and java). do i have to create a bean to use the above code? Suppose
> > if i have only the following code in my jsp program and i want to use
> > the above code to print "Ramesh''s program", how do i do that?
> >
> > <%
> > String msg = "Ramesh's program";
> >
> > //here i want to use the code
> >
> > out.println (msg);
> > %>
> >
> > thanks,
> > Ramesh Kadirisani.
> >
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