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enchance on 09/06/09


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Convert to HTML entities

 / Published in: JavaScript
 
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  1. String.prototype.htmlEntities = function () {
  2.    return this.replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;');
  3. };
  4.  
  5.  
  6. //Usage 1:
  7. var tmp = '<html><head></head>';
  8. var safe= tmp.htmlEntities(); // Returns 
  9. "&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;/head&gt;"

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