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Asked: 2026-05-18T00:54:55+00:00

I am trying to write a method in C# that takes a string with

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I am trying to write a method in C# that takes a string with HTML encoded characters and returns it as utf-8 characters. At first I thought this was already possible with the HttpEncoder.HtmlDecode method but this returns void and takes TextWriter for output as the second param. I don’t really get the TextWriter class. How can I wrap this so that it takes and returns strings? Or is there a batter way?

e.g.

myHTMLDecode("Tania Pérez-Salas Compañia de Danza")

would return the utf-8 string – Tania Pérez-Salas Compañia de Danza

edit – The other problem I am having is that HttpEncoder.HtmlDecode is a protected method. Is there anyway around this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is also HttpUtility.HtmlDecode which takes a string and retruns a string. HttpEncoder.HtmlDecode seems to be internal according to the page I linked which I would have thought would make it a pain to use…

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