Removing HTML entities in strings

Question

I have text that is retrieved on a linkbutton press:

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When I press the button I am getting the following returned:

Test UAT&#39;s for release 2.2.0

It looks like HMTL entities are being retrieved. How do I turn these back into normal strings?

Sachin · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30 20:04:56Z

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You don't need to remove the Html entities, actually the string that you are showing here is HTML Encoded so you just need to do Html Decoding to get it in normal form.

For that you have HttpUtility.HtmlDecode method.

string normalString = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(myEncodedString);

If you are using .NET 4.0 or higher then you can also use WebUtility.HtmlDecode

edited Oct 30, 2013 at 20:04

answered Oct 30, 2013 at 19:59

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Gray Programmerz Over a year ago

must reference System.Web.dll

Pavel Over a year ago

Please, take mention about WebUtility.HtmlDecode as primary way. It is better, because does not require System.Web.dll

Cristian Lupascu · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30 19:59:29Z

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Use HttpUtility.HtmlDecode to decode the string.

answered Oct 30, 2013 at 19:59

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