<script>
var encodedStr = "This is fun & stuff";
var decoded = $("<div/>").html(encodedStr).text();
console.log(decoded);
</script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div/>function decodeEntities(encodedString) {
var textArea = document.createElement('textarea');
textArea.innerHTML = encodedString;
return textArea.value;
}
console.log(decodeEntities('1 & 2')); // '1 & 2'var encodedStr = "This is fun & stuff";
var decoded = $("<div/>").html(encodedStr).text();
console.log(decoded);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div/>