Single Quote in XPATH

Hi,
I am firing following Xpath Query.
String xpath = "/////FEEDPUBNAME[contains(translate(.,'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',"
+ " 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'),'"+strPubName.toUpperCase().trim()+"')]";
String xpath1="NLAPUBLISHINGLIST/NLAPUBLICATIONS/*[@NAME='"+ strPubName.trim() +"']/PUBLOOKUP/FEEDPUBNAME";suppose if value of strPubName is Single's
Exception is thrown
how can fire Xpath query when a string having Single Quote in it.
Any suggestion or solutions will be appriciated.
eagrly waiting for a reply
Thanks.

My bet is that you need to escape the quote somehow. Since this is not an Xpath forum, you might want to ask "how" somewhere else.

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