Function encode_entities

pattern/db/__init__.py:236–247

Encodes HTML entities in the given string ("<" => "&lt;"). For example, to display " hello " in a browser, we need to pass "&lt;em&gt;hello&lt;/em&gt;" (otherwise "hello" in italic is displayed).

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RE_UNICODE   = re.compile(r'&(#?)(x|X?)(\w+);') # É

def encode_entities(string):
    """ Encodes HTML entities in the given string ("<" => "&lt;").
        For example, to display "<em>hello</em>" in a browser,
        we need to pass "&lt;em&gt;hello&lt;/em&gt;" (otherwise "hello" in italic is displayed).
    """
    if isinstance(string, (str, unicode)):
        string = RE_AMPERSAND.sub("&amp;", string)
        string = string.replace("<", "&lt;")
        string = string.replace(">", "&gt;")
        string = string.replace('"', "&quot;")
        string = string.replace("'", "&#39;")
    return string

def decode_entities(string):
    """ Decodes HTML entities in the given string ("&lt;" => "<").