HTMLENCODE

HTMLENCODE

Encodes characters using HTML character entity references and returns the encoded string

Category: Web Tools

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

HTMLENCODE(argument)

Arguments

argument: specifies any character expression.

Details

HTMLENCODE can encode the following three characters:

Character encodes as ...

& &

< <

> >

Character	encodes as ...
&	&
<	<
>	>

Note: The encoded string may be longer than the original string. Ensure that you consider the additional length when you use this function. [cautionend]

Examples

SAS Statements Results

x1=htmlencode ('not a <tag>'); put x1;

not a <tag>

x2=htmlencode ('&'); put x2;

&

x3=htmlencode ('normal text'); put x3;

normal text

See Also

SAS Statements	Results
x1=htmlencode ('not a <tag>'); put x1;	not a <tag>
x2=htmlencode ('&'); put x2;	&
x3=htmlencode ('normal text'); put x3;	normal text

Function:

HTMLDECODE

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