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  <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
  <html>
  <head>
  <title>example</title>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
  function replaceQuote(textAreaControl)
  {
     var myText = textAreaControl.value;
     var myRegExp = /\B'|'\B/g;
     myText = myText.replace(myRegExp,'"');
     textAreaControl.value = myText;
  }
  </script>
  </head>
  <body>
  <form name="form1">
  <textarea rows="20" cols="40" name="textarea1">
  'Hello World' said Mr O'Connerly.
  He then said 'My Name is O'Connerly, yes that's right, O'Connerly'.
  </textarea>
  <br>
  <input type="button" VALUE="Replace Single Quotes" name="buttonSplit"
     onclick="replaceQuote(document.form1.textarea1)">
  </form>
  </body>
  </html>
  


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