Given a string with HTML entities, how to decode the HTML entities?

Question

I have a string like so:

var x = "as dsa sad asd &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;asd asd asd asd asd asd asd"

How can I decode that string to get just:

"as dsa sad asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd"

Thanks

I'd be curious to know where the string comes from and then were it is being sent. You may not need to do any decoding depending on your use case. — Greg Pettit
– Greg Pettit, Commented Nov 18, 2011 at 6:57
var decoded = $("<div/>").html(encodedStr).text(); - stackoverflow.com/questions/1147359/jquery-decode-html-entities/… — sente
– sente, Commented Nov 18, 2011 at 7:02

Rohan Patil · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-18 06:58:37Z

4

Try this

var encoded = "as dsa sad asd &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;asd asd asd asd asd asd asd";
alert(encoded);
var decoded = $('<textarea />').html(encoded).val();
alert(decoded);

or

var decoded = $("<div/>").html(encoded).text();

answered Nov 18, 2011 at 6:58

Rohan Patil

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