Question

How do I use jQuery to decode HTML entities in a string?

Answer 1

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Actually, try

var encodedStr = "This is fun & stuff";
var decoded = $("<div/>").html(encodedStr).text();
console.log(decoded);

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div/>