JavaScript Get Unicode char as decimal

decimal.js

/*
Sometimes, unicode symbols that have to be inserted in an HTML page should be escaped.
For example, everybody know, that’s “&” should be escaped as “&”, ” ” as “ ” and so on.
But what, if you should insert symbol, that you never used before. So you don’t know how it should be present or escaped.
Code below, helps you to get valid decimal unicode for appropriate symbol.
*/
function getCharAsDecimalUTF8(char){
    var getUTF8 = escape(char);
    console.log("&#" + parseInt(getUTF8.substring(getUTF8.match(/\%u/) !== null ? 2 : 1), 16) + ";");
}
 
// Ɓ †
getCharAsDecimalUTF8("†"); // †

Awesome snippet, very useful!

Awesome to implement the Turkish I problem test...