html entities in a javascript alert?

Question

I have a string coming from a XML (which I can't edit) and I'd like to print it trough an alert in javascript.

Example of my string:

This is à string

And I need to print in an alert:

This is à string

is there a js html decode?

Answer 1

you could put the string in a dom element and read it out again, even without jquery: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3700369/1986499

Edit by recent demand to include some code from another SO answer:

var div = document.createElement('div');
div.innerHTML = encoded;
var decoded = div.firstChild.nodeValue;

Answer 2

var encoded = "This is à string";
var decoded = $("<div/>").html(encoded).text();
alert(decoded);