Unescape HTML Entities in JavaScript

To unescape HTML entities in JavaScript, use the unescape() function. Let's say you want to encode special character with the unescape() function ?

document.write(unescape("Demo%20Text%20"));

In this article, we will see two examples ?

  • Unescape Entities
  • Decode the Encoded String

Unescape Entities

Example

Lo unescape, we will use the unescape() method in JavaScript. Let us see an example ?


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <h2>Demo Heading</h2>
   <script>
      document.write(unescape("Demo%20Text%20"));
   </script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Decode the Encoded String

Use escape() for encoding and unescape() for decoding. Here, we will set a sample string under the escape() method to encode ?

var myStr = escape("Demo Text!!!");
document.write("Encoded String = " + myStr);

After that, we will use the unescape() to decode the encoded string ?

document.write("Decoded = " + unescape(myStr))

Example

Let us now see the example ?


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <h2>Demo Heading</h2>
   <script>
      var myStr = escape("Demo Text!!!");
      document.write("Encoded String = " + myStr);
      document.write("<br>");
      document.write("<hr>");
      document.write("Decoded = " + unescape(myStr))
   </script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Updated on: 2023-11-12T10:48:58+05:30

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