escape(string)
private
Escapes &, “, > and < in string
# File lib/webrick/htmlutils.rb, line 18
def escape(string)
return "" unless string
str = string.b
str.gsub!(/&/, '&')
str.gsub!(/\"/, '"')
str.gsub!(/>/, '>')
str.gsub!(/</, '<')
str.force_encoding(string.encoding)
end