Question

Is it possible to convert html tags to html entities using javascript/jquery using any way possible such as regex or some other way. If yes, then how?

Example:

<div> should be converted to <div>

Note: I am not talking about server-side languages.

Answer 1

Try this function for the HTML special characters:

function htmlencode(str) {
    return str.replace(/[&<>"']/g, function($0) {
        return "&" + {"&":"amp", "<":"lt", ">":"gt", '"':"quot", "'":"#39"}[$0] + ";";
    });
}