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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py index e592f2a..bf1f5f3 100644 --- a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py +++ b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py @@ -27,6 +27,27 @@ def escape(data, entities={}): data = data.replace(chars, entity) return data +def quoteattr(data, entities={}): + """Escape and quote an attribute value. + + Escape &, <, and > in a string of data, then quote it for use as + an attribute value. The \" character will be escaped as well, if + necessary. + + You can escape other strings of data by passing a dictionary as + the optional entities parameter. The keys and values must all be + strings; each key will be replaced with its corresponding value. + """ + data = escape(data, entities) + if '"' in data: + if "'" in data: + data = '"%s"' % data.replace('"', """) + else: + data = "'%s'" % data + else: + data = '"%s"' % data + return data + class XMLGenerator(handler.ContentHandler): |