Replace unicode characters with characters (Javascript)

Question

Take for example the following string:

“A profile of Mr. T, the A Team’s most well known member.”

How do I use javascript replace the unicode character encodings and convert that to the following:

"A profile of Mr. T, the A Team's most well known member."

possible duplicate of What's the right way to decode a string that has special HTML entities in it? — Tom Blodget
– Tom Blodget, Commented Jun 18, 2015 at 16:48

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:29:58Z

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@adeneo posted an option using jQuery. Here's a relevant answer I found that doesn't use jQuery. From this answer: What's the right way to decode a string that has special HTML entities in it?

function parseHtmlEnteties(str) {
    return str.replace(/&#([0-9]{1,4});/gi, function(match, numStr) {
        var num = parseInt(numStr, 10); // read num as normal number
        return String.fromCharCode(num);
    });
}

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:29

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