Javascript htmlentities

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Javascript htmlentities

Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities

Example 1

Running
1.htmlentities('Kevin & van Zonneveld');

Could return
1.'Kevin & van Zonneveld'

function htmlentities (string, quote_style) {
    // Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities  
    // 
    // version: 812.3017
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/htmlentities
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: nobbler
    // +    tweaked by: Jack
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: get_html_translation_table
    // *     example 1: htmlentities('Kevin & van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin &amp; van Zonneveld'
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_ENTITIES', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }
    
    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(symbol).join(entity);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}

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