Lodash _.escape() method is used to convert the characters “&”, “<“, “>”, ‘”‘, and “‘” of the given string into their corresponding HTML entities.
Syntax:
_.escape([string='']);
Parameter:
- string: This parameter holds the string containing escape characters.
Return Value:
This method returns the escaped string.
Example 1: In this example, we are converting ‘<‘, ‘<‘, and ‘&’ by using the _.escape() method.
Javascript
const _ = require( 'lodash' ); let str1 = _.escape( "Geeks << for >> Geeks" ); console.log(str1); let str2 = _.escape( "GFG && Geeks" ); console.log(str2); |
Output:
"Geeks << for >> Geeks"
"GFG && Geeks"
Example 2: In this example, we are converting ‘&’, ‘+’, and ”(quote) by using the _.escape() method.
Javascript
const _ = require( 'lodash' ); let str1 = _.escape( "Geeks & Geeks" ); console.log(str1); let str2 = _.escape( "GFG '+' Geeks" ); console.log(str2); let str3 = _.escape( "'Geeks'" ); console.log(str3); |
Output:
Geeks & Geeks
GFG '+' Geeks
'Geeks'