c# How to format string for use in HTML attribute?

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I was wondering if there are any c# libraries that will readily format a string to be used in a onclick html attribute property.

I am using c# to dynamically generate an html page and am dynamically generating the javascript for some onclick events. I want to make sure characters such as &"\ ... etc does not cause the html to break or be ignored. For example in the following example of I wanted to display the alert message h\&#3m, I wouldn't be able to do so unless I created separate logic to handle the \ and &:

function method1(inputValue){
  alert(inputValue);
  }

<input type="button" value="button1" onclick="method1('h\&#3m')"/>

cvraman · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-25 04:14:49Z

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You would want to check out the HtmlEncode method of HttpServerUtility. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w3te6wfz(v=vs.110).aspx

answered Jun 25, 2016 at 4:14

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