cpython/Lib/html/__init__.py

21 lines
619 B
Python
Raw Normal View History

"""
General functions for HTML manipulation.
"""
# NB: this is a candidate for a bytes/string polymorphic interface
def escape(s, quote=True):
"""
Replace special characters "&", "<" and ">" to HTML-safe sequences.
If the optional flag quote is true (the default), the quotation mark
characters, both double quote (") and single quote (') characters are also
translated.
"""
s = s.replace("&", "&amp;") # Must be done first!
s = s.replace("<", "&lt;")
s = s.replace(">", "&gt;")
if quote:
s = s.replace('"', "&quot;")
s = s.replace('\'', "&#x27;")
return s