Thanks Jeff, I tried this though and it didn't work..... eval ("var myname='O\'Relly'"); alert (myname); > > How do I deal with ' in a person name > > > > eval ("var myname='ORelly'") > > is ok > > but what about > > > > eval ("var myname='O'Relly'") > > eval ("var myname='O\'Relly'") > > Jeff > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jeff Walters (314) 962-4024 > > Cybermill Communications > 8616 Joseph Ave > St. Louis, MO 63144 > Jeff at cybermill.com > http://www.cybermill.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at LaTech.edu > http://www.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript >