-#compatibility with select-table and friends
-if ( $opt{'multiple'} ) {
- $value = [ split(/\s*,\s*/, $value) ] if !ref $value;
- $value = join('<BR>', map {encode_entities($_)} @$value);
-}
-else {
- $value = encode_entities($value)
+$value = $opt{'prefix'} . $value if defined($opt{'prefix'});
+
+unless ( $opt{'noescape'} ) {
+ #compatibility with select-table and friends
+ if ( $opt{'multiple'} ) {
+ $value = [ split(/\s*,\s*/, $value) ] if !ref $value;
+ $value = join('<BR>', map {encode_entities($_)} @$value);
+ } else {
+ $value = encode_entities($value)
+ }