html_escape(s) public

A utility method for escaping HTML tag characters. This method is also aliased as h.

In your ERb templates, use this method to escape any unsafe content. For example: 

  <%=h @person.name %>

Example:

  puts html_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")
  # => is a &gt; 0 &amp; a &lt; 10?
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August 23, 2011
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the correct return value of html_escape in example above

the correct return is:

# => is a &gt; 0 &amp; a &lt; 10?