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