Alt attribute encoding with JavaScript

Question

Html entities must be encoded in alt attribute of an image in HTML page. So

Answer 1

Here's an alternative if you can't save your file using a Unicode format:

function decodeHTML(str) {
    return str.replace(/&#(\d+);?/g, function() {
        return String.fromCharCode(arguments[1])
    });
}

However, this requires you to use the numeric representation. In this case →.