HTML Entities

[uemtux]

Name & Parameters: HTMLEntities( text ; pointer ; store )

Description: Converts punctuation and symbols in 'text' to HTML entities, starting at position 'pointer'

Set the 'store' parameter to "" - If you give it a value it will prefix your output with that value.

 

Caution: This function will render inputted HTML non-functional. Since it will destroy the tags by replacing < and > with HTML entities.

 

Recursive: Yes

Sample Input:

Hi, I'm some text with some symbols or punctuation to convert to HTML entities! ?&/

Results:

Hi, I'm some text with some symbols or punctuation to convert to HTML entities! ?&/

Formula:

/*

HTMLEntities

Converts punctuation/symbol characters in text into HTML entities, starting at position pointer

Free to use - attribution to my fmforums nickname would be nice

uemtux Oct 10, 2013

*/

Let(

[

step = Middle(text ; pointer ; 1);

step = Case(

//step = " " ; "&#32;" ; // Uncomment to replace spaces with entity codes

step = "!" ; "&#33;" ;

step = """ ; "&#34;" ; 

step = "#" ; "&#35;" ;

step = "$" ; "&#36;" ;  

step = "%" ; "&#37;" ; 

step = "&" ; "&#38;" ; 

step = "'" ; "&#39;" ;

step = "(" ; "&#40;" ;  

step = ")" ; "&#41;" ;  

step = "*" ; "&#42;" ; 

step = "+" ; "&#43;" ;   

step = "," ; "&#44;" ;

step = "-" ; "&#45;" ;

step = "." ; "&#46;" ;

step = "/" ; "&#47;" ;

step = ":" ; "&#58;" ;

step = ";" ; "&#59;" ;

step = "<" ; "&#60;" ;

step = "=" ; "&#61;" ;

step = ">" ; "&#62;" ;

step = "?" ; "&#63;" ;

step = "@" ; "&#64;" ;

step = "[" ; "&#91;" ;

step = "" ; "&#92;" ;

step = "]" ; "&#93;" ;

step = "^" ; "&#94;" ;

step = "_" ; "&#95;" ;

step = "`" ;  "&#96;" ;

step = "{" ;  "&#123;" ;

step = "|" ;  "&#124;" ;

step = "}" ;  "&#125;" ;

step = "~" ;  "&#126;" ; step);

store = store & step;

pointer = pointer + 1

];

Case(pointer > Length(text) ; store ; HTMLEntities(text ; pointer ; store))

)

Required Functions:

None.

 

 

Credits:

Got my info here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_ascii.asp

 

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