Display string with whitespace in ASP.NET?

Question

I need to display a string which has a white space on a asp.net page.

****Here is what I am doing:****

cell = New TableCell

cell.Text = value  (lets assume value is <"  test with whitespace    ">

row.Cells.Add(cell)

and it gets rendered as

<tr>
<td>"  test with whitespace    "</td>
</tr>

whitespaces within single quotes are not displayed.

I want this value to be displayed as it is on my page.

Answer 1

HTML strips out all but one space character. You need to use the   entity to ensure white space is presented with HTML. Use the String class's Replace method (or RegEx) to swap out each space for  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-breaking_space

Answer 2

Could it be that you try to get a space before and after your text to get some spacing between the border of the table cell and your text?

If so you should have a look at the CSS style "padding" or padding-left, padding-right. This will add space between the tables border and your text.

Add this to your page:

<style type="text/css">
td {
padding: 4px;
}
</style>

If this is not what you are after, I apologize.