How to decode HTML entities using jQuery

Question

How do I use jQuery to decode HTML entities in a string? Is it possible?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

To encode:

$("<textarea/>").html('<a>').html();      // return '&lt;a&gt'

To decode:

$("<textarea/>").html('&lt;a&gt').val()   // return '<a>'

Hope it helps!!

Thank you!!