Javascript: convert HTML special characters

HTML special characters

• & (ampersand) becomes &amp
• " (double quote) becomes &quot when ENT_NOQUOTES is not set.
• ' (single quote) becomes '&#039 only when ENT_QUOTES is set.
• < (less than) becomes &lt
• > (greater than) becomes &gt
• # (hash) becomes &#035

Javascript function to convert HTML special characters

function converHtml(s) {
  var e = document.createElement("div");
  e.innerText = e.textContent = s;
  return e.innerHTML.replace(/"/g, """).replace(/#/,'&#035').replace(/'/,'&#039');
}

See also

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/784586/convert-special-characters-to-html-in-javascript