Thread: Easy C# way to unescape HTML strings?

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    Easy C# way to unescape HTML strings?

    Is there an easy way to replace entities like & #039; with ' within a string? I found one that unescapes URLs (for example %20-> space) but not one that unescapes HTML codes like > and the like.
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    Have you looked into the ASP.Net classes for whether there's a utility that does what you want?
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    Yeah, I was looking for one, didn't see that. Thanks!

    Edit: It says HttpUtility isn't in the System.Web namespace, in fact my System.Web namespace is all but empty.

    Edit200,000: OK figured it out, needed to add a reference to my project. Works fine now, thanks!
    Last edited by Cat; 11-16-2006 at 12:28 AM.
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