How to convert multiple characters with Regular expression [duplicate]

Question

I want to convert the characters &, <, >, ", and ', to their corresponding HTML entities: &, <, >, ", and '. For example, "Tom & John" should become "Tom & John". How can I do this?

msvairam · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-11 13:12:57Z

1

Try this coding...

alert(HtmlSpecialConversion("Tom & John"))


function HtmlSpecialConversion(text) {
  var map = {
    '&': '&amp;',
    '<': '&lt;',
    '>': '&gt;',
    '"': '&quot;',
    "'": '&#039;'
  };

  return text.replace(/[&<>"']/g, function(m) { return map[m]; });
}

edited Jan 11, 2016 at 13:12

user663031

answered Jan 11, 2016 at 12:53

msvairam

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