#!/usr/bin/python

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def htmlTransformation(myString):

  if (myString != '' ):
    
    myString = '%s' % myString
    # convert myString to a string is it is a list
    #if ( myString.__class__.toString().count('PyList') == 1 ):
    #  tmpList = []
    #  for element in myString:
    #    tmpList.append('%s' % element)
    #  myString = ",".join(tmpList)
    
    myString = myString.replace('&','&')
    myString = myString.replace('"','"')
    myString = myString.replace('<','&lt;')
    myString = myString.replace('>','&gt;')
    
    
  return myString