This method strips tags and converts the entity forms of special HTML characters to their normal form.
string.unescapeHTML() ;
<html> <head> <title>Prototype examples</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascript/prototype.js"> </script> <script> function showResult(){ var str = 'x > 10'; alert("First : " + str.unescapeHTML() ); var str = "<h1>Pride & Prejudice</h1>" alert("Second : " + str.unescapeHTML() ); } </script> </head> <body> <p>Click the button to see the result.</p> <br /> <br /> <input type="button" value="Result" onclick="showResult();"/> </body> </html>
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