Re^5: replace &

#!/usr/bin/perl;
use HTML::Entities;
$to_decode = "TEST&TEST;A&E&an&nbsp;HTML---&nbsp;string - &lt;&copy; T
+VS&gt;";
$encoded = encode_entities($to_decode);
print "Encoded data --> $encoded\n\n\n";
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The output is Encoded data --> TEST&TEST;A&E&an HTML--- string - <© TVS> Here all the & is replaced with &. If it is a HTML entity it should not encode the string for ex: Here it displays as   it should be only

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Re^6: replace & by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 04, 2009 at 08:08 UTC
I don't understand what your reply has to do with the original question of finding out whether a string is an HTML entity and my reply on how to detect whether a string is an HTML entity.	[reply]
Re^7: replace & by sandy1028 (Sexton) on Jun 04, 2009 at 08:14 UTC
For example : If the string contain $a= &foo foo When I encode it using the function encode_entities($a); The should not be encoded. So the final output after encoding should be &foo foo Now the output is &foo foo. So I wanted to check it the string is HTML entity?	[reply]
Re^8: replace & by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 04, 2009 at 08:19 UTC
I don't get your problem. Maybe if you posted real code instead of a mishmash of unencoded and encoded entities outside of `<code>` tags, it would be clearer. The following code works as I expect it and seems to do what you want: `> perl -MHTML::Entities -le "print $HTML::Entities::VERSION; print enc +ode_entities('&foo foo')" 1.35 &foo foo` [download] Which would indicate to me that `&foo foo` does not look like any valid HTML entity.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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