HtmlSpecialChars equivalent in Javascript?

Question

Apparently, this is harder to find than I thought it would be. And it even is so simple...

Is there a function equivalent to PHP\'s htmlspecialchars built into Javas

Answer 1

String.prototype.escapeHTML = function() {
        return this.replace(/&/g, "&")
                   .replace(//g, ">")
                   .replace(/"/g, """)
                   .replace(/'/g, "'");
    }

sample :

var toto = "test
";
alert(toto.escapeHTML());