# System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode

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<h1 id="System_Web_HttpUtility_HtmlEncode_" data-uid="System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode*">HtmlEncode Method
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<h4 id="System_Web_HttpUtility_HtmlEncode_System_String_" data-uid="System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(System.String)">HtmlEncode(string)</h4>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static string HtmlEncode(string s)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function HtmlEncode(s As String) As String</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
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<h4 id="System_Web_HttpUtility_HtmlEncode_System_String_System_IO_TextWriter_" data-uid="System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(System.String,System.IO.TextWriter)">HtmlEncode(string, TextWriter)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>HTML-encodes a string and sends the resulting output to a TextWriter output stream.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static void HtmlEncode(string s, TextWriter output)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Sub HtmlEncode(s As String, output As TextWriter)</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">s</span></td>
      <td><p>The string to encode.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.io.textwriter">TextWriter</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">output</span></td>
      <td><p>The TextWriter output stream containing the encoded string.</p>
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