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   STRINGS

Description:
   Encodes HTML (similar to: htmlEditFormat)

Parameters:

1. str (String, required)
          The string containing the HTML you wish to encode.
   
   

Returns:
       (String) encoded HTML

Requires:
       

Sample Use:
       encodeMe = htmlEncode("&foobar");

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function htmlEncode(str){
	var loop = 0;
	var strLen = len(str);
	var ascii = 0;
	var hex = "";
	for (loop = 1; loop lte len(str); loop = incrementValue(loop)){
		ascii = asc(mid(str,loop,1));
		hex = formatBaseN(ascii,16);
		if (len(hex) lt 4)hex = "00"&hex;
		str = insert("&##x#hex#;",str,loop);
		str = removeChars(str,loop,1);
		loop = loop+7;
	};
	return str;
};
// http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=75&function=htmlEncode

function htmlEncode(str){ var loop = 0; var strLen = len(str); var ascii = 0; var hex = ""; for (loop = 1; loop lte len(str); loop = incrementValue(loop)){ ascii = asc(mid(str,loop,1)); hex = formatBaseN(ascii,16); if (len(hex) lt 4)hex = "00"&hex; str = insert("&##x#hex#;",str,loop); str = removeChars(str,loop,1); loop = loop+7; }; return str; }; // http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=75&function=htmlEncode