I'm looking for a way to convert HTML entity numbers into a character using plain JavaScript or jQuery.
For example, I have a string that looks like this (Thank you, jQuery! Punk.)
Range1-of-5
And what I need is:
Range1-of-5
I've found String.fromCharCode() where I can get the character with just the decimal value, but I'd like to see if anyone else has a solution before I possibly reinvent the wheel. :)
The jQuery way looks nicer, but here's a pure JS version if you're interested:
function decode(encodedString) {
var tmpElement = document.createElement('span');
tmpElement.innerHTML = encodedString;
return tmpElement.innerHTML;
}
decode("Range1-of-5");
No need to use jQuery for this simple task:
'Range1-of-5'.replace(/&#(\d+);/g, function(match, number){ return String.fromCharCode(number); })
The same principle can be applied to &#xHHHH; and &name; entities.
$("<div/>").html("Range1-of-5").text()
