Question

How to escape HTML characters in JavaScript

Answer 1

function escapeHTML(s) {
    return s.replace(/&/g, '&') 
            .replace(/>/g, '>')
            .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
            .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
            .replace(/'/g, '&#39;')
}


console.log(escapeHTML('<div></div>'));




/*
run:
 
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    
*/

 

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