You are right john, I did't read the whole question when I replied. Now
everyone out there please don't spank me.
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:37 PM
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Subject: Re: replacing apostrophes
you need to escape the apostrophe... that way the compiler knows the middle
apostrophe is the character and isn't the ending apostrophe. the following
code
works...
char myChar = '\'';
char myUnderscore = '_';
String myString = "Y'all come back now.";
System.out.println(myString);
System.out.println(myString.replace(myChar,myUnderscore ));
good luck,
-john
Barbara Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/20/2001 02:54:19 PM
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Subject: replacing apostrophes
Hello All,
I need to replace apostrophes from in the text a user puts in a form input
textboxe before the text goes into the mysql database. If apostrophes go
into the database it gets corrupted.
I tried the "replace" function and can use it to replace a letter but am
having trouble with the syntax to use
to tell it to replace an apostrophe because the function says to use single
quotes around the variables that you are replacing.
This works:
String str = "aaabbbccc";
out.println (str.replace('a','b'));
This doesn't work:
String str = "aaabbbccc";
out.println (str.replace(''',''''));
I tried subsituting the outer single quotes with double quotes. That doesn't
work either.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Barbara Johnson
Instructional Applications Programmer
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Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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