Why do I need to response.write the original string for this to work?

[tangledman]

I am decoding encoded HTML...I'm not sure why this won't work without first doing a response.write for the original string, which doesn't appear.

If anyone can shed any light on this it would be appreciated.

 
<%
Dim page_html
 
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  Function HTMLDecode(page_html)
	page_html = Replace(page_html, "&lt;","<" )
	page_html = Replace(page_html, "&gt;",">" )
	page_html = Replace(page_html, "\'","'")
	page_html = Replace(page_html, "\&quot;","""")
	page_html = Replace(page_html, "&quot;","""")
  End Function
 
page_html_decoded = HTMLdecode(page_html)
 
response.write page_html
response.write page_html_decoded
 
%>

[tangledman]

Answered elsewhere.

I need the function to return a value.

[Mittineague]

Also discussed http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=691753

Please do not start more than one thread dealing with the same topic, it can make things very confusing.

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