Delete or Convert 'to (')

Question

I consume the api and I noticed that it returns with "'s" and not an apostrophe. Since I am not going to display this text in html, this will make my text look strange when I show it to the user.

How can I delete or convert (preferred)? I don’t know if this api I am working with will send more of these special codes, so I don’t know if I can just make a replacement.

Answer 1

Starting with .NET 4.0, you can use System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode (located in the System.Web.dll assembly in the System.Web ).

Or you can use the System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode function, you don’t even need an additional link for this (because it is in the System.dll assembly in the System.Net namespace).

Using:

 string myStringToDecode = "Hello 'World'"; string decodedString = System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(myStringToDecode); // or string decodedString = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode(myStringToDecode); 

Answer 2

MatchEveluator is available with .NET 1.0 and comes in handy if you want to solve this problem in a more general way - that is, do more than just decode HTML characters . The general recipe is as follows:

 MatchEvaluator ev = (Match m) => Char.ToString((char)Int32.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value)); string result = Regex.Replace("The king's key.";, @"&#(\d+);", ev); 

Answer 3

Why aren't you uysing String.Replace Method (String, String) for this purpose. Just find your line and replace it with the required one.

 string myStringToDecode = "Hello 'World'"; myStringToDecode.Replace("'","'");