Escape text for HTML

Question

How do i escape text for html use in C#? I want to do

sample=\"blah\"

and have

blah&l         


        

Answer 1

nobody has mentioned yet, in ASP.NET 4.0 there's new syntax to do this. instead of

<%= HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(unencoded) %>

you can simply do

<%: unencoded %>

read more here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/04/06/new-lt-gt-syntax-for-html-encoding-output-in-asp-net-4-and-asp-net-mvc-2.aspx