escape less / greater than javascript

Question

I\'m having a problem trying to escape some code... Basically, I want to escape \"<\" and \">\" but I want them to APPEAR in my #output div as \"<\" and \">\". Current

Answer 1

Try this:

var textval = $("#textarea").val();
$("#output").text(textval);      

jQuery offers two methods - $.text() and $.html() where the method names speak for themselves :)