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Javascript: Escape the HTML tags
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escapeHTML.js
const escapeHTML = str =>
str.replace(
/[&<>'"]/g,
tag =>
({
'&': '&amp;',
'<': '&lt;',
'>': '&gt;',
"'": '&#39;',
'"': '&quot;'
}[tag] || tag)
);
escapeHTML('<a href="#">Me & you</a>'); // &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot;&gt;Me &amp; you&lt;/a&gt;
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