jquery dictionary

function.js

//characters we want to replace:
/*

  <  with  &lt;
  >  with  &gt; 

*/


var jsob = 
  {
    "<" : "&lt;", 
    ">" : "&gt;"  
  };


var replaceSpecialCharacters = function(input, dictionary)
{
   var res = input;
 
  $.each(dictionary, function(key, value  ){
    
    var find = key;
    var replace = value;
    
    find = new RegExp(find,"igm");
    res = res.replace(find,replace);
    
    
  });

  return res;
};

console.log(replaceSpecialCharacters("<em>hello</em>", jsob));