Converts the characters "&", "<", ">", '"' (double quote), and "'" (apostrophe), in a string to their corresponding HTML entities.
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Convert HTML Entities
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| function convertHTMLent(str) { | |
| // :) | |
| var replace = ["&","<",">"]; | |
| replace.push("'"); | |
| replace.push('"'); | |
| var replacements = ["&","<",">","'","""]; | |
| var counter = 0; | |
| // count entries to replace | |
| for (var i=0;i<replace.length;i++){ | |
| for (var j=0;j<str.length;j++){ | |
| if (replace[i] == str[j]){ | |
| counter = counter + 1; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| for (var k=0;k<counter;k++){ | |
| if (str.indexOf("& ") > -1){ | |
| str = str.replace(/&/,replacements[0]); | |
| } | |
| if (str.indexOf("<") > -1){ | |
| str = str.replace(/</,replacements[1]); | |
| } | |
| if (str.indexOf(">") > -1){ | |
| str = str.replace(/>/,replacements[2]); | |
| } | |
| if (str.indexOf("'") > -1){ | |
| str = str.replace(/'/,replacements[3]); | |
| } | |
| if (str.indexOf('"') > -1){ | |
| str = str.replace(/"/,replacements[4]); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return str; | |
| } | |
| convertHTMLent('Stuff in "quotation marks"'); |
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