How to decode HTML entities using jQuery?

Question

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

Answer 1

To decode HTML Entities with jQuery, just use this function:

function html_entity_decode(txt){
    var randomID = Math.floor((Math.random()*100000)+1);
    $('body').append('
');
    $('#random'+randomID).html(txt);
    var entity_decoded = $('#random'+randomID).html();
    $('#random'+randomID).remove();
    return entity_decoded;
}

How to use:

Javascript:

var txtEncoded = "á é í ó ú";
$('#some-id').val(html_entity_decode(txtEncoded));

HTML: