This might be such a stupid simple question, so forgive me--I did
search the forum and elsewhere and couldn't find the answer...

I have an HTML text string that formats nicely on a web  page:

s = "Mom & Dad"    => "Mom & Dad"

How do I convert s to just ascii characters, ie. "Mom & Dad"?
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