This doesn't work:
String str = "aaabbbccc";
out.println (str.replace(''',''''));
Because ' or " are not the way to represent special charecter.
use \' and \" instead.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:24 AM
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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
>
>
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