- Prototype Tutorial
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- Prototype - Short Overview
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- Prototype - Element Object
- Prototype - Number Processing
- Prototype - Strings Processing
- Prototype - Array Processing
- Prototype - Hash processing
- Prototype - Basic Object
- Prototype - Templating
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- Prototype - Event Handling
- Prototype - Form Management
- Prototype - JSON Support
- Prototype - AJAX Support
- Prototype - Expressing Ranges
- Prototype - Periodical Execution
- Prototype Useful Resources
- Prototype - Quick Guide
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- Prototype - Discussion
Prototype - escapeHTML() Method
This method converts HTML special characters to their entity equivalents.
Syntax
string.escapeHTML();
Return Value
Returns a string.
Example
<html>
<head>
<title>Prototype examples</title>
<script type = "text/javascript" src = "/javascript/prototype.js"></script>
<script>
function showResult() {
var str = '<div class = "article">This is an article</div>';
alert( str.escapeHTML() );
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click the button to see the result.</p>
<br />
<br />
<input type = "button" value = "Result" onclick = "showResult();"/>
</body>
</html>
Output
prototype_string_processing.htm
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