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Re: single quotes..problem.
Hi Sachi,
> I am trying to send a string of like this "B's Beverages" to filter
> condition in XSL from javascript.
> eg.
> someobject.selectNodes("root/element["+selval+"]");
> selval - is the string which I pass as "@ShipName=B's Beverages".But it
> is not possible. any idea to slove this probelm.
The string that you pass as an argument into .selectNodes needs to be
a valid XPath. The string "B's Beverages" needs to be surrounded by
quotes so that the XPath processor recognises it as a string. Because
of the apostrophe in B's Beverages, the valid XPath that you need to
use is:
root/element[@ShipName = "B's Beverages"]
So, selval needs to be set to the string:
@ShipName = "B's Beverages"
Within the Javascript, you need to wrap that string in quotes so that
the Javascript processor can recognise it as a string. Within
Javascript, you have to escape single and double quotes within a
string using '\' so that they're not recognised as quotes. So, when
you set selval, use:
selval = '@ShipName = \"B\'s Beverages\"';
or:
selval = "@ShipName = \"B\'s Beverages\"";
I hope that helps,
Jeni
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Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/
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