Javascript htmlspecialchars_decode

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Javascript htmlspecialchars_decode

Convert special HTML entities back to characters

Example 1

Running
1.htmlspecialchars_decode("

this -> "

", 'ENT_NOQUOTES');

Could return
1.'

this -> "

function htmlspecialchars_decode(string, quote_style) {
    // Convert special HTML entities back to characters  
    // 
    // version: 901.714
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/htmlspecialchars_decode
    // +   original by: Mirek Slugen
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Mateusz "loonquawl" Zalega
    // +      input by: ReverseSyntax
    // +      input by: Slawomir Kaniecki
    // +      input by: Scott Cariss
    // +      input by: Francois
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: htmlspecialchars_decode("<p>this -&gt; &quot;</p>", 'ENT_NOQUOTES');
    // *     returns 1: '<p>this -> &quot;</p>'
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS', 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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