Converts plain text to HTML - Node.js String

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Description

Converts plain text to HTML

Demo Code


/**// w  w  w. j  a va  2s  . co m
 * Converts plain text to HTML
 * @param text the plain text to convert
 * @returns the HTML version of the text
 */
function plain2html(text) {
    text = (text || "");
    return text
        .replace(/&/g, "&")
        .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
        .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
        .replace(/\t/g, "    ")
        .replace(/ /g, "&#8203;&nbsp;&#8203;")
        .replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g, "<br />");
}

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