From: Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@...>
Date: 2006-01-18T23:47:05+09:00
Subject: how to double single quote (beginner blockage)

Hi!

Sorry for this `stupid� question but it looks like i am suffering a mental blockage:

if I have a string that contains single quote (f.e. "al'alamein") i would like to escape it with 
another single quote (=> "al''alamein").

there are cases when these strings are already escaped according to the above rule, so those should 
remain untouched

my `brainless� attempt was:

[code]
fixed_value = ""
wrong_value.each_with_index do |char, idx|
	fixed_value << char
        	if ( (idx < wrong_value.size - 1)  && (wrong_value[idx + 1] != '\'') && (idx > 0) && 
(wrong_value[idx - 1] != '\''))
                	fixed_value << '\''
        	end
end
[/code]

but the above results in exactly the same strings. I would appreciate very much your help

./alex
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