How do I escape apostrophes / single quotes in ASP XML?

<asp:Button ID="myButton" runat="server"
    OnClientClick='confirm("How do you escape this apos'trophe?")' />

How do I escape apostrophes / single quotes in ASP XML?

<asp:Button ID="myButton" runat="server"
    OnClientClick='confirm("How do you escape this apos'trophe?")' />

• asp
• javascript
• xml
• escaping

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<asp:Button ID="btnClone" runat="server" OnClick="btnClone_Click"
    OnClientClick="confirm('How do you escape this apos\'trophe?')" />

<asp:Button ID="myButton" runat="server"
    OnClientClick='confirm("How do you escape this apos&#39;trophe?")' />