HtmlDecode is not working for the following string c#

Asked Jan 27 '20 at 11:36

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string testString = "a aa aaa aaaa aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa href=j&#97v&#97script&#x3A;&#97lert 1  ClickMe";

I used the following code to decode it,

 string a = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(testString);
 Console.WriteLine(a);

The output is still the same.

I have tried other options like HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlEntity.DeEntitize and HtmlDecode from other packages.

What am I missing?

edited Jan 27 '20 at 11:53

Andrew Morton

asked Jan 27 '20 at 11:36

Roger

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`a` needs a semi-colon at the end: `a`. – Andrew Morton Jan 27 '20 at 11:41
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With this sort of problem, it can be helpful to take what you *expect* the output to be and run it through the opposite function, to see what comes out. – Damien_The_Unbeliever Jan 27 '20 at 11:43
@AminGolmahalle Your last edit changed it. The a should be a which would give the "a" you edited in. – Andrew Morton Jan 27 '20 at 11:54

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