Cannot build a string containing the < character

[Giganews]

I'm facing a crazy problem:

<%
spc = "<abcd"
response.write spc
%>

will not work, spc is empty.
When I replace <abcd with ab<cd, then spc contains only ab.

Where do I make the mistake ?
Pierrot

[oguz.karadeniz]

Basically you are not making any mistake. If you would view the source
code of the page generated you will see the < sign. However the browser
interprets the < with a html tag. If you want to show the < as text,
you can use &lt; definition.

So in your case:

spc = "&lt;abcd" which will render in the browser as <abcd
Giganews wrote:

I'm facing a crazy problem:

<%
spc = "<abcd"
response.write spc
%>

will not work, spc is empty.
When I replace <abcd with ab<cd, then spc contains only ab.

Where do I make the mistake ?
Pierrot

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

Server.HTMLEncode is another way of not having to worry about special
characters not shoping.

Response.Write Server.HTMLEncde(spc)

Ray at work

"Giganews" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:V8********************@giganews.com...

I'm facing a crazy problem:

<%
spc = "<abcd"
response.write spc
%>

will not work, spc is empty.
When I replace <abcd with ab<cd, then spc contains only ab.

Where do I make the mistake ?
Pierrot

[paul]

No big deal but minor typo:
Response.Write Server.HTMLEncde(spc)

To be:
Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode(spc)

Best regards,
-Paul
www.Bullschmidt.com - Freelance Web and Database Developer
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