HtmlDecode of html encoded space is not space

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Hi,

Till now I was thinking HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(" ") was a space. But the below code always returns false.

C#

string text = "&nbsp;";

text = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(text);

string space = " ";

if (String.Compare(space, text) == 0)
  return true;
else
  return false;

Same when I try with Server.HtmlDecode()

Why is it so?

Any help would be much appreciated

Posted 26-Nov-12 1:38am

natraj81

Updated 26-Nov-12 1:41am

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Richard MacCutchan 26-Nov-12 8:00am

What is the value of text after the call to HtmlDecode()?

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Zaf Khan · Answer 1 · 2012-11-26T02:46:00

You use htmlEncode to encode the string
You use htmlDecode to decode the string,

The encoding/decoding is done to remove whitespaces and special or escaped characters.

(" ") is simply non-breaking space

try this and see what you get

C#

string text = "&nbsp;";
string space = "";

text = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(text);
space = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(text);

if (String.Compare(space, text) == 0)
  return true;
else
  return false;