RE: Replace function and apostrophes

> XPath 2.0 allows the delimiter of a string literal to be
> doubled withing the string, so you can write
>
> "replace(., '''', '\\''')"

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.

> Alternatively, use
>
> select='replace(., "'", "\\'")'

For some reason I've got an aversion for using single quote as attribute
delimiters, don't know why, I guess it's down to habit.

> or define the strings as variables:
>
> <xsl:variable name="x" as="xs:string">'</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:variable name="x" as="xs:string">\\'</xsl:variable>
>
> select="replace(.,$x,$y)"

Although I would say this is most readable, it just seems a bit too
verbose.

Thanks again,
andrew