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cleanBadChars

PURPOSE ^

cleanBadChars

SYNOPSIS ^

function strings=cleanBadChars(strings)

DESCRIPTION ^

 cleanBadChars
   Converts characters which are illegal in SBML to their entity reference

   strings     a string or cell array

   %strings    cleaned string or cell array

   The characters <>&'" are illegal in SBML (in most cases). They are here
   converted to their entity references. Empty or non-string cells are
   ignored.

   Usage: strings=cleanBadChars(strings)

   Rasmus Agren, 2013-08-03

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION ^

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SOURCE CODE ^

0001 function strings=cleanBadChars(strings)
0002 % cleanBadChars
0003 %   Converts characters which are illegal in SBML to their entity reference
0004 %
0005 %   strings     a string or cell array
0006 %
0007 %   %strings    cleaned string or cell array
0008 %
0009 %   The characters <>&'" are illegal in SBML (in most cases). They are here
0010 %   converted to their entity references. Empty or non-string cells are
0011 %   ignored.
0012 %
0013 %   Usage: strings=cleanBadChars(strings)
0014 %
0015 %   Rasmus Agren, 2013-08-03
0016 %
0017 
0018 %For simplicity
0019 wasChar=false;
0020 if ischar(strings)
0021     strings={strings};
0022     wasChar=true;
0023 end
0024 
0025 %Get the ids which are cell strings
0026 I=cellfun(@isstr,strings);
0027 
0028 %Note that the order here matters
0029 strings(I)=strrep(strings(I),'&','&amp;');
0030 strings(I)=strrep(strings(I),'<','&lt;');
0031 strings(I)=strrep(strings(I),'>','&gt;');
0032 strings(I)=strrep(strings(I),'"','&quot;');
0033 strings(I)=strrep(strings(I),'''','&apos;');
0034 strings(I)=strrep(strings(I),'%','&#37;');
0035 
0036 if numel(strings)==1 && wasChar==true
0037     strings=strings{1};
0038 end
0039 end

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