[sqr-users] RE: ow to remove a single quote from a name

["White . Denise" <DWhite@drc.com>]

Hi Patti,

I suspect you need one more quote in there, for a total of four.  In a literal 
string, you need to put two single quotes in order to get them to resolve to 
one.  Therefore, four quotes would give you: one to start the quoted literal, 
two to resolve to the one you are looking for, and one to end the quoted 
literal.

HTH,

Denise M. White
EBS Programmer/Analyst III
Dynamics Research Corporation
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:30:28 -0400
From: "Overcashier, Patricia" <Patricia.Overcashier@aam.com>
Subject: [sqr-users] how to remove a single quote from a name
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Hi everyone,
I select a last name and before comparing it I remove all special characters.
Thanks to all of your help, I can do that successfully.
The only character that I seem to struggle with removing is the single quote

I have the  name O'Hara
I want it to be OHara
I am using translate to remove all of the other oddities.
let $lname = translate(lower($lname),'абвзийксуцн','aaaceeenooi')

I have tried this:
        find ''' in $lname 0 #pos   My errors happen here.  I can't find the 
single quote to get rid of it.
        if #pos > 0
         let #pso2 = #pos + 1
          let $newlname = substr(lname,0,#pos)||substr($lname,#pos2)
        end-if

Thanks again,

Patti Overcashier
Information Technology - PeopleSoft
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
Detroit Gear Plant 3
1840 Holbrook
Detroit, MI  48212

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