Display HTML special characters stored in JavaScript string

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I need to dynamically append a text to a <div> with JavaScript. This text is retrieved from a database and it also contains special character as ü or '. Now i'm using the createTextNode() but the HTML special characters like &xxxx; aren't "resolved" then the output isn't correct.

Is there any method to print out the text with special character displayed correctly?

Thanks for any reply

Use JavaScript notation for the special characters instead of HTML notation. — Pointy
– Pointy, Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 19:11

wwwmarty · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-08 19:24:25Z

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I think it will do exactly what you want if you use innerHTML instead of createTextNode().

answered Sep 8, 2015 at 19:24

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R-J · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-08 19:31:35Z

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For ü you will have to use \xfc

<div id="result"></div>
$('#result').text('\xfc');

Here is working example: http://jsfiddle.net/djnnvc7m/

And here is the symbol table. Refer to 'HEX' column in table. http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm

answered Sep 8, 2015 at 19:31

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Bergi Over a year ago

Or simply 'ü'? Just make sure to transfer the script (or whatever it is) with the matching encoding and it'll work.

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