"<pre>" and "_pre_"?

What does "<pre>" and "_pre_" respectively mean in the following code The code is at:

public static string DisplayMemoEncoded(string Text)

{

bool PreTag = false;

if (Text.IndexOf("<pre>") > -1)

{

Text = Text.Replace("<pre>","__pre__");

Text = Text.Replace("</pre>","__/pre__");

PreTag = true;

}

// *** fix up line breaks into <br><p>

Text = Westwind.Tools.wwUtils.DisplayMemo( HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(Text) );

if (PreTag)

{

Text = Text.Replace("__pre__","<pre>");

Text = Text.Replace("__/pre__","</pre>");

}

return Text;

}

Omar Fawzi

>> __pre__ is what the user enterd so convert it to html tag <pre> and vis versa

Not exactly. The user enters <pre> & </pre> as part of normal HTML. For some reason, the developer does not want <pre> processed by DisplayMemo(), so he temporarily removes them, and then later replaces them.
MFZ
professional remark, thks.
Mindy Riddick

<pre> is html tag that defines preformatted text

__pre__ is what the user enterd so convert it to html tag <pre> and vis versa

to display text input by users properly in HTML
Nikhil - MSFT

OK, now that I've read the blog you cited, I now understand the method.

Overall, it takes a string and adds <br> at the appropriate spots. (That's DisplayMemo).

DisplayMemoEncoded add a call to HttpUtility.HtmlEncode before calling DisplayMemo. This translates < and > to < and >. The problem is, if there is an embed HTML section is the text (surrounded by <pre> ... </pre>) those < and >s will converted also, and suddenly, it's no longer a preformmated section, so he changes the <pre> tag to something that won't be affected by HttpUtility.HtmlEncode, and then later changes it back.
"<pre>" and "_pre_"?