How do I drop an apostrophe?

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Subject: How do I drop an apostrophe?
From: James Garriss <jgarriss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:24:08 -0500

Given an XML document like this:

  <foo>
    <bar name="Jim's Code">abc</bar>
  </foo>

How do I get a desired output XML document like this:

<jimscode>abc</jims_code>

Specifically, I'm looking for how to drop apostrophes. I have figured out how to translate (and drop) characters in general using code like this:

<xsl:variable name="upperCaseChars" select="'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'"/> <xsl:variable name="lowerCaseChars" select="'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'"/> <xsl:variable name="uCaseCharsPlus" select="concat($upperCaseChars, ' /-(),+')"/> <xsl:variable name="lCaseCharsPlus" select="concat($lowerCaseChars, '')"/>

<xsl:variable name="element_name" select="translate(@name, $uCaseCharsPlus, $lCaseCharsPlus)"/> <xsl:element name="{$element_name}"> ... </xsl:element>

But I can't get it to work with apostrophes. I have tried escaping it using ', ', and ', but no luck.

BTW, I'm using LotusXSL on NT.

  James Garriss | The MITRE Corporation | jgarriss @ mitre.org
  "The second mouse gets the cheese."  -- Steven Wright

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How do I drop an apostrophe? James Garriss - Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:24:08 -0500 <= David Carlisle - Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:01:56 GMT <Possible follow-ups> Kay Michael - Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:46:25 -0000

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