hello guys!

I using CGI to write to the browser, as you probably now there are several characters that need to be escaped before sending them to the browser coz' they have another meaning (e.g.: <, >, & ..).
is there a way to convert these chars automatically before sending them to browser. i'm currently do it manually for each field before I output it to the browser. the thing is I have a structure (array, hash, AoH, HoA - can be different each time) to display to the browser and in every display function I have I use:
s/&/&amp;/;
s/</&lt;/;
s/>/&gt;/;

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before each structure entry I have, quite clumsy. Is there any function that gets a structure (can be any structure), and escapes all it's fields? Thanks in advance

Hotshot

In reply to escaping anallowed chars for browser by hotshot

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