How to print a pound “£” in html file?

Question

i am trying to display a pound sign in my html page.i want to display it through a variable because i am getting the values of sign from an xml file.

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Answer 1

Use &#163;

$(this).text('£');

• If you try this and it does not work, just change the jQuery methods,

  $(this).html('£');

This always work in all contexts...