how to pass special charchters sting to function

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hello friend,

i am writing a function where i need to pass the below string as parameter.

but i can't because if i set this value to vaiable then varible shows null value.
string is as below.

HTML

"<test>"

ASP

 dim strpev
   strpev="<test>"

response.write strprv

above code's output is null why?
is there any other way to set this value to variable? so i can pass this variable to asp funtion..

thanks in advance..

Posted 10-Jul-12 23:31pm

ssd_coolguy

Updated 11-Jul-12 0:09am

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2012-07-10T23:47:00

Solution 1

Check the name -> You mixup strpev and strprv

Put OPTION EXPLICIT as first line in every code file to make sure this is checked on execution.

Good luck!

Posted 10-Jul-12 23:47pm

E.F. Nijboer

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ssd_coolguy 11-Jul-12 6:08am

thanks for reply..
when i add option explicit in it..it's working fine... :)
thanks.. i was fighting for this since 1 hr.. :(

Espen Harlinn 11-Jul-12 11:00am

5'ed!

ssd_coolguy 17-Jul-12 3:26am

means i was trying :)

Om Prakash Pant · Answer 2 · 2012-07-10T23:50:00

Solution 2

The output is not null, if you view the souce, you will see <test>, which is not displayed on the browser. To show "<" & ">", you need to use & lt; and & gt; (replace space between & and lt/gt) the folllowing:

VB

strprv ="<test>"

Posted 10-Jul-12 23:50pm

Om Prakash Pant

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ssd_coolguy 11-Jul-12 6:06am

thanks for reply..
yes.. you are right i can view it in view source. :) and when i replaced it with lt/gt.. then i am able to view it.. :)

Sandeep Mewara · Answer 3 · 2012-07-10T23:52:00

Solution 3

HTML Encode it to use it as is, or else it is considered a tag.
Try:

VB

Dim strpev As String
strpev = "<test>"