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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 13, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-escape-method/111919 "2007-08-13T14:25:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@vishvanathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vishvanathan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-escape-method/111919/1 "2007-08-13T14:25:28Z")
Hi,
I need to use the html\_escape function in my project.And I had tired the
html\_escape or h function in the view.
example: \<%= h “\< Hello \>” %\>
Result:
\< Hello \>
But I am not get any html escaped characters for \< and \>.
Is there any special steps include in my project?
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**Author:**  [@vishvanathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vishvanathan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-escape-method/111919/2 "2007-08-13T14:43:57Z")
Vishvanathan Kuppusamy wrote:
> But I am not get any html escaped characters for \< and \>.
>
> Is there any special steps include in my project?
Did you actually view the source for that page?
–
Michael W.
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**Author:**  [@vishvanathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vishvanathan)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-escape-method/111919/3 "2007-08-14T05:12:47Z")
Michael W. wrote:
> Vishvanathan Kuppusamy wrote:
>
> > But I am not get any html escaped characters for \< and \>.
> >
> > Is there any special steps include in my project?
>
> Did you actually view the source for that page?
>
> –
> Michael W.
Dear Wang,
Thank you for your reply. The html escape characters are availabe in
that source page.
Have a nice day.