Html encoding in jquery

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I have a search grid and when I select any row and close it the values get mapped to textboxes in aspx form. Issue is evrytime I have a value like ' ab & cd' it gets mapped as ' ab & cd'

i am finding the value as follows in the click event of tr

$(this).find("td:nth-child(1)").html();

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Jagadeesan · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-10 10:38:20Z

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Use this html() gets the html code. and .text() function returns only text visible.

$(this).find("td:nth-child(1)").text();

edited Jun 10, 2011 at 10:38

answered Jun 10, 2011 at 10:29

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lavelle · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-10 10:29:51Z

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The raw JavaScript unescape() function can be used for this as follows:

var content = $(this).find("td:nth-child(1)").html();
var unescapedContent = unescape(content);

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