Convert tags to html entities

Question

Is it possible to convert html tags to html entities using javascript/jquery using any way possible such as regex or some other way. If yes, then how?

Exampl

Answer 1

In JQuery:

$('
').text('This is fun & stuff').html(); // evaluates to "This is fun & stuff"

http://debuggable.com/posts/encode-html-entities-with-jquery:480f4dd6-13cc-4ce9-8071-4710cbdd56cb