Javascript html_entity_decode

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Javascript html_entity_decode

Convert all HTML entities to their applicable characters

Example 1

Running
1.html_entity_decode('Kevin & van Zonneveld');

Could return
1.'Kevin & van Zonneveld'
Example 2

Running
1.html_entity_decode('<');

Could return
1.'<'

function html_entity_decode( string, quote_style ) {
    // Convert all HTML entities to their applicable characters  
    // 
    // version: 901.714
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/html_entity_decode
    // +   original by: john (http://www.jd-tech.net)
    // +      input by: ger
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: marc andreu
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: html_entity_decode('Kevin &amp; van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin & van Zonneveld'
    // *     example 2: html_entity_decode('&amp;lt;');
    // *     returns 2: '&lt;'
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_ENTITIES', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }

    // &amp; must be the last character when decoding!
    delete(histogram['&']);
    histogram['&'] = '&amp;';

    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(entity).join(symbol);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}

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