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Encode html entities or escape html with Elixir and xmerl Erlang module
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html_encode.ex
defp html_encode(text) do
[_ | xml] = :xmerl.export_simple([{:xmlText, [], 0, [], text, :text}], :xmerl_xml)
:erlang.iolist_to_binary(xml)
end
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Wouldn't xmerl_lib:export_text/1 be better?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3339014/how-do-i-xml-encode-a-string-in-erlang

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