function xml.escape()

Escapes XML string to fit xml node contents.

string xml.escape(xmlstring)

Parameters

• string xmlstring string to escape

Return value

string

Escaped characters are

input	output
<	&lt;
>	&gt;
"	&quot;
'	&apos;
&	&amp;

Usage

-- escape string
local note = xml.escape("3<5")
-- put the escaped string "3<5" into xml node
local node = "<note>"..note.."</note>"
-- parse the node
local result = xml.parse(node)
-- check the contents (text is unescaped: "3<5")
log(result.text)