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

function htmlspecialchars(str) {
 if (typeof(str) == "string") {
  str = str.replace(/&/g, "&"); /* must do & first */
  str = str.replace(/"/g, """);
  str = str.replace(/'/g, "'");
  str = str.replace(//g, ">");
  }
 return str;
 }