R: Encode SVG special chars (ampersand, etc)

encodeSVGSpecialChars {RSVGTipsDevice} | R Documentation

## Encode SVG special chars (ampersand, etc)

### Description

Encode SVG special chars (ampersand, etc) as the appropriate XML encoding.

### Usage

    encodeSVGSpecialChars(x, sub.special = TRUE, xent = FALSE)

### Arguments

`x` | A vector of character data to be encode.
`sub.special` | If `FALSE`, do not encode.
`xent` | If `FALSE`, encode as XML encoding, if `TRUE`, encode as XML entity

### Details

The following substitutions are made:

Character | XML encoding | XML entity
`\&` | \&amp; | \&\#38
`\'` | \&apos; | \&\#30
`\"` | \&quot; | \&\#34
`\<` | \&lt; | \&\#60
`\>` | \&gt; | \&\#62

### Value

The vector `x` with encodings as appropriate.

### Author(s)

Tony Plate tplate@acm.org

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