ESCAPE_HTML

Escapes HTML special characters in a text string

Description

The ESCAPE_HTML() function is used to sanitize text by escaping HTML special characters, such as <, >, &, and others. This ensures that the text is displayed as-is in HTML documents without causing unintended formatting or rendering issues.

Syntax

ESCAPE_HTML(text)

  1. text: The input text string that you want to escape HTML special characters from.

Example

Table

ID
Description

1

This is <strong>important</strong>.

2

<a href="#">Click here</a>

3

<div>Hello</div>

Function

ESCAPE_HTML(`Description`)

Results

ESCAPE_HTML (text)

This is &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;important&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;.

&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;#&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Click here&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Hello&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;

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