HTMLCodeFormat()

Replaces special characters in a string with their HTML-escaped equivalents and inserts <pre> and </pre> tags at the beginning and end of the string.

[version] HTML version to use. Currently ignored.

  • -1: The latest implementation of HTML
  • 2.0: HTML 2.0 (Default)
  • 3.2: HTML 3.2
HTMLCodeFormat( string=string, version=number );

Returns: String

Argument Description
string
string, required

A string or a variable that contains one.
version
number, optional

HTML version to use: -1: The latest implementation of HTML 2.0: HTML 2.0 (default) 3.2: HTML 3.2

Examples

testString="Hello !!!
<This text is inside of angle brackets>
This text is outside of angle brackets !!!" ;
writeoutput(testString);
writeoutput('<h5>HTMLCodeFormat</h5>' & HTMLCodeFormat(testString));

See also