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escape.js
// HTML escapes `string`
var patterns = [[/&/g, "&amp;"], [/</g, "&lt;"], [/>/g, "&gt;"], [/"/g, "&quot;"]]
for(pattern in patterns)
string = string.replace(pattern[0], pattern[1]);
// for the line obsessed
for([[/&/g, "&amp;"], [/</g, "&lt;"], [/>/g, "&gt;"], [/"/g, "&quot;"]] in patterns); string = string.replace(pattern[0], pattern[1]);
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