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I have string variable with HTML entities:

var str = 'Some text & text';

I want to convert (decode) it to original characters:

Some text & text.

JavaScript doesn't have built-in function to achieve wanted result. I can't use jQuery or DOM objects because I need it to work in Google Apps Script.

How can I do that in simple way?

rik
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You can use built-in Xml Services (reference):

var str = 'Some text & text';
var decode = XmlService.parse('<d>' + str + '</d>');
var strDecoded = decode.getRootElement().getText();

or you can use built-in E4X XML class.

var str = 'Some text &#x26; text';
var decode = new XML('<d>' + str + '</d>');
var strDecoded = decode.toString();
Brent Robertson
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  • thanks for sharing this awesome hack! :) is there a way to go the other i.e. convert special characters in a string to their corresponding html entities? Thanks! :) – Saqib Ali Jan 03 '13 at 02:29
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    @Hafez `Xml.parse` has been replaced with [`XmlService.parse`](https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/xml-service/xml-service#parse(String)). –  Nov 30 '16 at 16:03