Decodes html entities back to normal html

decode_html_entities.js

function decodeHtmlEntities(str) {
    console.log(str);
    var special = {
        "&lt;" : "<",
        "&gt;" : ">",
        "&quot;" : '"',
        "&apos;" : "'",
        "&#039;" : "'",
        "&amp;" : "&",
        "\\" : ""
    }; 

    for(var i in special){
        while(str.indexOf(i) !== -1){
            str = str.replace(i, special[i]);
        }    
    }
    
    return str;
}