Write HTML to string

Question

I have code like this. Is there a way to make it easier to write and maintain? Using C# .NET 3.5. ``` string header(string title) { StringWriter s = new StringWriter(); s.WriteLine("{0}",""); s.WriteLine("{0}", ""); s.WriteLine("{0}", title); s.WriteLine("{0}",""); s.WriteLine("{0}", ""); s.WriteLine("{0}", ""); s.WriteLine("{0}", ""); } ``` I could also just write: ``` s.WriteLine("{0}", @"blah blah many new lines blah UHY#$&_#$_*@Y KSDSD<> t \ \\h h'\h't h hi done"); ``` It will work, but I need to replace all `"` with `""`.

Accepted Answer

You're probably better off using an `HtmlTextWriter` or an `XMLWriter` than a plain `StringWriter`. They will take care of escaping for you, as well as making sure the document is well-formed.

This page shows the basics of using the `HtmlTextWriter` class, the gist of which being:

```
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();

using (HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWriter))
{
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Class, classValue);
    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div); // Begin #1

writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Href, urlValue);
    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.A); // Begin #2

writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Src, imageValue);
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Width, "60");
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Height, "60");
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Alt, "");

writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Img); // Begin #3
    writer.RenderEndTag(); // End #3

writer.Write(word);

writer.RenderEndTag(); // End #2
    writer.RenderEndTag(); // End #1
}
// Return the result.
return stringWriter.ToString();
```

Write HTML to string

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