Escape Element

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In vCard support, the Escape element is used to escape certain characters in strings. The Escape element can be used to replace every occurrence of a character in the string.

Syntax

<Escape
  EscapeChar = "Text"
  EscapeChars = "Text">
</Escape>

Attributes

Name Description
EscapeChar Required String. The character used to escape a particular character in the string.
EscapeChars Required String. The character in the string that is to be escaped.
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Example

The following example evaluates to "abc\xyz".

<Escape EscapeChar="\" EscapeChars="x">abcxyz</Escape>