ERB::Util

A utility module for conversion routines, often handy in HTML generation.

Methods

H

h,
h,
html_escape,
html_escape

U

u,
u,
url_encode,
url_encode

Class Public methods

h(s) Link

Alias for: html_escape

html_escape(s) Link

A utility method for escaping HTML tag characters in s.

require "erb"
include ERB::Util

puts html_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")

Generates

is a &gt; 0 &amp; a &lt; 10?

Also aliased as: h

Source: show | on GitHub

# File ../ruby/lib/erb.rb, line 911
def html_escape(s)
  s.to_s.gsub(/&/, "&amp;").gsub(/\"/, "&quot;").gsub(/>/, "&gt;").gsub(/</, "&lt;")
end

u(s) Link

Alias for: url_encode

url_encode(s) Link

A utility method for encoding the String s as a URL.

require "erb"
include ERB::Util

puts url_encode("Programming Ruby:  The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide")

Generates

Programming%20Ruby%3A%20%20The%20Pragmatic%20Programmer%27s%20Guide

Also aliased as: u

Source: show | on GitHub

# File ../ruby/lib/erb.rb, line 930
def url_encode(s)
  s.to_s.dup.force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT").gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]/n) {
    sprintf("%%%02X", $&.unpack("C")[0])
  }
end

Instance Private methods

h(s) Link

Alias for: html_escape

html_escape(s) Link

A utility method for escaping HTML tag characters in s.

require "erb"
include ERB::Util

puts html_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")

Generates

is a &gt; 0 &amp; a &lt; 10?

Also aliased as: h

Source: show | on GitHub

# File ../ruby/lib/erb.rb, line 911
def html_escape(s)
  s.to_s.gsub(/&/, "&amp;").gsub(/\"/, "&quot;").gsub(/>/, "&gt;").gsub(/</, "&lt;")
end

u(s) Link

Alias for: url_encode

url_encode(s) Link

A utility method for encoding the String s as a URL.

require "erb"
include ERB::Util

puts url_encode("Programming Ruby:  The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide")

Generates

Programming%20Ruby%3A%20%20The%20Pragmatic%20Programmer%27s%20Guide

Also aliased as: u

Source: show | on GitHub

# File ../ruby/lib/erb.rb, line 930
def url_encode(s)
  s.to_s.dup.force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT").gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]/n) {
    sprintf("%%%02X", $&.unpack("C")[0])
  }
end

Module ERB::Util