To HTML Entity

Converts characters to HTML entities For example, & becomes &. To HTML Entity lives in the Data format category of the fx menu. See HTML character references for format details.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Input	string	yes	—	Value to transform. Previous step output or a literal.
Convert all characters	boolean	no	false	Disabled by default.
Convert to	string	no	Named entities	Choose one of: Named entities, Numeric entities, Hex entities.

Input is the primary value (previous step output or a literal).

Returned value

Type	Description
string	Result of the To HTML Entity transformation.

Example

Encode HTML entities

Convert characters that are special in HTML into entities so they render as text instead of markup.

1. Set Input to the text. Paste:

   Input

   A & B < C

2. Confirm Output value uses entities (for example & becomes &).