htmlEncodeRegEx (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created by Eamon Nerbonne on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

Setup

var html = document.body.innerHTML;
  var map = {
    "&": "&amp;",
    "'": "&#39;",
    '"': "&quot;",
    "<": "&lt;",
    ">": "&gt;"
  };
  var tempElement = $(document.createElement("div"));
  String.prototype.replaceAll = function(a,b){ return this.split(a).join(b); };

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multiple replace()
return html.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;').replace(/'/g, '&#39;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
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single replace with map
return html.replace(/[&"'\<\>]/g, function(c) { return map[c]; });
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single replace with switch
return html.replace(/[&"'\<\>]/g, function(c) {
  switch (c) {
  case "&":
    return "&amp;";
  case "'":
    return "&#39;";
  case '"':
    return "&quot;";
  case "<":
    return "&lt;";
  case ">":
    return "&gt;";
  }

});
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use jQuery
return $('<div/>').text(html).html();
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use jQuery with pre-created element
return tempElement.text(html).html();
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new option
new Option(html).innerHTML
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