Re: Converting strings to html safe

FROM : John Stiles
DATE : Sun Aug 13 04:29:43 2006

%20 isn't valid HTML for ' ', is it? I think %20 is for URL escaping,
not HTML.
I think in HTML it's supposed to be something like &x20;


Craig Stanton wrote:
> I should have added that stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:
> doesn't work because Ge doesn't turn things like %20 back into a space
> but it does turn & into &
>
>
> On 13/08/2006, at 12:42 PM, Craig Stanton wrote:
>

>> Hello list,
>>
>>    I am trying to convert some strings to html versions for a
>> specific renderer that doesn't like getting "&" or "<" part way
>> through a sentence. What I need to do is turn things like "&" into
>> "&amp;". Is there a ready made function for this? I've search the
>> list and documentation in XCode but haven't found the right thing
>> yet, possibly my search terms aren't correctly phrased. I'd rather
>> use a pre-made function than making my own large Switch statement
>> incase I miss out one case.
>>
>> And no, I don't have control over the renderer, it's Google Earth :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>    Craig
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