javascript escape html

                                    function escapeHTML(text) {  
    var replacements= {"<": "<", ">": ">","&": "&", """: """};                      
    return text.replace(/[<>&"]/g, function(character) {  
        return replacements[character];  
    }); 
}

                                    function escapeHtml(text) {
  return text
      .replace(/&/g, "&")
      .replace(/</g, "<")
      .replace(/>/g, ">")
      .replace(/"/g, """)
      .replace(/'/g, "'");
}

                                    //escaping HTML with jquery<br/>var dangerousHTML = &quot;&lt;script&gt;alert('Badabing Baby!');&lt;/script&gt;&quot;;<br/>$(&quot;#myElementID&quot;).text(dangerousHTML); //.text() function will escape and display text<br/><br/><br/>//Alternatively, here is plain Javascript escape function<br/>function escapeHtml(str) {<br/>    return str.replace(/&amp;/g, &quot;&amp;&quot;).replace(/&lt;/g, &quot;&lt;&quot;).replace(/&gt;/g, &quot;&gt;&quot;).replace(/&quot;/g, &quot;&quot;&quot;).replace(/'/g, &quot;'&quot;);<br/>}