A utility module for conversion routines, often handy in HTML generation.
A utility method for escaping HTML tag characters in s.
require "erb" include ERB::Util puts html_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")
Generates
is a > 0 & a < 10?
# File erb.rb, line 1001 def html_escape(s) CGI.escapeHTML(s.to_s) end
A utility method for encoding the String s as a URL.
require "erb" include ERB::Util puts url_encode("Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide")
Generates
Programming%20Ruby%3A%20%20The%20Pragmatic%20Programmer%27s%20Guide
# File erb.rb, line 1020 def url_encode(s) s.to_s.b.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-.~]/n) { |m| sprintf("%%%02X", m.unpack1("C")) } end