How to unescape HTML string

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Sebastian Mark - 12 Aug 2006 20:06 GMT

I have a simple question, is there an easy way in .NET
to unescape HTML characters?
for example I have a string

"Siebel Analytics Sr Consultant-&quot;Partner w/ Deloitte &amp; have
the oppty to become a Partner&quot;"

and I want to have

"Siebel Analytics Sr Consultant- Partner w/ Deloitte & have the oppty to
become a Partner"

Thank You

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 12 Aug 2006 20:17 GMT

"Sebastian Mark" <REMOMEsaint@terian.net> schrieb:

>I have a simple question, is there an easy way in .NET
> to unescape HTML characters?
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> "Siebel Analytics Sr Consultant- Partner w/ Deloitte & have the oppty to
> become a Partner"

Try 'HttpUtility.HtmlDecode'.

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AMercer - 12 Aug 2006 23:36 GMT

> Try 'HttpUtility.HtmlDecode'.

Is there a specification somewhere of exactly what HtmlDecode does? The
documentatation is vague and cites some examples (space, lt, gt). I would
like to know exactly what it does.

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Larry Lard - 14 Aug 2006 11:42 GMT

>> Try 'HttpUtility.HtmlDecode'.
>
> Is there a specification somewhere of exactly what HtmlDecode does? The
> documentatation is vague and cites some examples (space, lt, gt). I would
> like to know exactly what it does.

Probably, but I couldn't find it, so I just got Reflector to tell me
what HtmlEncode does:

- characters after > are encoded to &#number;
- " < > & are encoded to " < > & respectively
- that seems to be it

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