Encode HTML in Flex/Actionscript

Question

Are there any functions available to convert:

Me, Myself & I

to

Me, Myself &amp; I

I can't find anything in the Flex documentation.

Thanks.

adamcodes · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-26 16:42:51Z

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Check this out. No swc's to include. Basically it's

var s:String = new XMLNode(3, "Me, Myself & I").toString();

answered Feb 26, 2010 at 16:42

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bukzor Over a year ago

It's worth noting: I believe this is AS2.

Florian F Over a year ago

Well, escaping XML isn't exactly escaping HTML For instance I would like \n to be converted into <br>.

bukzor · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-27 19:15:05Z

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Here's the AS3 solution:

import flash.xml.XMLNode;
import flash.xml.XMLNodeType;

public function htmlEscape(str:String):String {
    return XML( new XMLNode( XMLNodeType.TEXT_NODE, str ) ).toXMLString();
}

Source: http://www.razorberry.com/blog/archives/2007/11/02/converting-html-entities-in-as3/

answered Dec 27, 2012 at 19:15

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dan · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-26 15:21:37Z

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Escape should do it:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/package.html#escape%28%29

answered Feb 26, 2010 at 15:21

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Michael Brewer-Davis Over a year ago

escape() does URL encoding, not HTML encoding.

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