How to decode HTML entities using jQuery?

Question

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

Answer 1

Use

myString = myString.replace( /\&/g, '&' );

It is easiest to do it on the server side because apparently JavaScript has no native library for handling entities, nor did I find any near the top of search results for the various frameworks that extend JavaScript.

Search for "JavaScript HTML entities", and you might find a few libraries for just that purpose, but they'll probably all be built around the above logic - replace, entity by entity.