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htmlCodeFormat

Replaces special characters in a string with their HTML-escaped equivalents and inserts <pre> and </pre> tags at the beginning and end of the string. The only difference between this function and HTMLEditFormat is that HTMLEditFormat doesn’t surround the text in HTML pre tags.

htmlCodeFormat(string [, version])
returns string

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description Values  
string string Yes   A String or variable that contains one.    
version numeric No 2.0 HTML version to use. Currently ignored.
-1: The latest implementation of HTML
2.0: HTML 2.0 (Default)
3.2: HTML 3.2
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Tag Syntax

<cfset testString="This is a test & this is another <This text is in angle brackets> Previous line was blank!!!">   <cfoutput>#htmlCodeFormat(testString)#</cfoutput>