String with double quotes

[Guest]

I have a label control on my form. I'm assigning a text to the label at
runtime.
The problem is that the string that I'm trying to assign also contains text
in double quotes.So when I try n assign this to the label I face a problem.
my code is using vb.net

Please help me out in getting this thing done, Is there any in-built
function or property to handle the same?

thanx
Ganesh

 

[Munsifali Rashid]

Are you getting any specific error messages?

You may need to encode your string using System.Web.HttpUtilites.HtmlEncode,
before putting it into your label.

Mun

 

[Nicole Calinoiu]

Your best bet would probably be to HTML-encode the string. e.g.:

someLabel.Text = Server.HtmlEncode(yourString)

This will replace the quotes with " named entity, as well as escaping
other HTML that might potentially cause problems (e.g.: unexpected page
modifications or cross-site scripting).

 

[Fred Nelson]

All you need to do is use "double double" quotes (a term I just made up):

For example:

lblMain.text = """Hello World """

will show on your screen as:

"Hello World"

lblMain.text = """" + "Hello World" + """"

will produce the same result!

Hope this helps you!

Fred

 

[Guest]

No I don't get any specific error message.
The problem is that I'm reading this from a source where the text contains
phrases that are mentioned in double quotes.
So i dont know how do I handle this.

 

[Elton W]

Hi Ganesh,

There are two ways to have double quote sign in string:

1) Dim strQuote As String = "text""" ' It shows text"

2) Dim strQuote As String = "text" & Chr(34) ' It also
shows text"

HTH

Elton Wang
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