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Created April 18, 2013 08:44
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Escape HTML attributes using JavaScript
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escape-attrs.js
/**
* Escapes HTML attributes using JavaScript
*/
function escapeHtmlAttr(attr) {
var cdiv = document.createElement('div');
cdiv.setAttribute('abc', attr);
return cdiv.outerHTML
.substr(10, cdiv.outerHTML.length - 18);
//.replace(/^<div abc="/i, '')
//.replace(/"><.div>$/i, '');
}
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