Encode HTML entities (v9)

Revision 9 of this benchmark created by Pier Paolo Ramon on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  function safe_tags_regex(str) {
   return str.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
  }
  
  function safe_tags_dom(str) {
   var div = document.createElement('div');
   div.appendChild(document.createTextNode(str));
   return div.innerHTML;
  }
  
  function safe_tags_dom2(str) {
   var div = document.createElement('div');
   div.innerText = str;
   return div.innerHTML;
  }
  
  var tagsToReplace = {
   '&': '&amp;',
   '<': '&lt;',
   '>': '&gt;'
  };
  
  function replaceTag(tag) {
   return tagsToReplace[tag] || tag;
  }
  
  function safe_tags_replace(str) {
   return str.replace(/[&<>]/g, replaceTag);
  }

  function safe_tags_split_join(str) {
   for (var tag in tagsToReplace) {
    //if(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(tagsToReplace,tag)) {
     str = str.split(tag).join(tagsToReplace[tag]);
    //}
   }
   return str;
  }

</script>

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Testing in
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Using Regular Expression
var test = safe_tags_regex('if (a < b && c > d) {} // Héllö naõ');
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Using DOM textNode
var test = safe_tags_dom('if (a < b && c > d) {} // Héllö naõ');
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Using replace
var test = safe_tags_replace('if (a < b && c > d) {} // Héllö naõ');
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Using DOM innerText
var test = safe_tags_dom2('if (a < b && c > d) {} // Héllö naõ');
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Using split and join
var test = safe_tags_split_join('if (a < b && c > d) {} // Héllö naõ');
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