• *html_classname_modify Function
• *html_get_attribute Function
• *html_parse_style Function
• *html_parse_tag Function
• *html_pos_from_char Function
• *html_to_rtftext Function
• *html_validate Function
• *html_validation_level Function
• a5_generate_html_table Function
• a5_html_color Function
• a5_html_label Function
• a5_html_page_prepare Function
• a5_html_pretty Function
• a5_html_tidy Function
• a5_pdf_exporttohtml Function
• a5_removescripttags Function
• a5_show_htmlchrome Function
• showvarhtml Function
• suppressblanklines Function

a5_html_label Function

Syntax

Arguments

valueAny Type

Value to convert. Can be any type.

searchHighlightsCharacter

A CSS class name followed by = and the pattern(s) to match for highlighting.

Returns

resultCharacter

Returns the value converted to HTML.

Description

Convert any data type to html text, optional search highlighting feature.

Discussion

The a5_html_label function converts the value into HTML. It includes an optional parameter that can be used to add search highlighting to the generated HTML.

Example

? a5_html_label(now()) = "01/16/2012 03:41:30 27 pm"

? a5_html_label(1) = "1"

? a5_html_label("hello world","highlight=world")
= hello <span class="highlight" A5HL="Y">world</span>

? a5_html_label("hello world","highlight=world"+crlf()+"hel")
= <span class="highlight" A5HL="Y">hel</span>lo <span class="highlight" A5HL="Y">world</span>