method

escape_once

v2.1.0 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper

escape_once(html)

public

Returns an escaped version of html without affecting existing escaped entities.

Examples

  escape_once("1 > 2 &amp; 3")
  # => "1 &lt; 2 &amp; 3"

  escape_once("&lt;&lt; Accept & Checkout")
  # => "&lt;&lt; Accept &amp; Checkout"

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb, line 101
      def escape_once(html)
        html.to_s.gsub(/[\"><]|&(?!([a-zA-Z]+|(#\d+));)/) { |special| ERB::Util::HTML_ESCAPE[special] }
      end

escape_once

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