escape_xml_characters

escape characters for xml documents

local ds = require "lib/dtutils.string"
local result = ds.escape_xml_characters(str)

str - string - the string that needs escaped

escape_xml_characters provides the escape sequences for

"&", '"', "'", "<", and ">" 

with the corresponding

"&",""", "'", "<", and ">"

.

result - string - the string containing escapes for the xml characters

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091945/what-characters-do-i-need-to-escape-in-xml-documents