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#JavaScript - Escape HTML

function escapeHTML(text) {
  var replacements = {"<": "&lt;", ">": "&gt;", "&": "&amp;", "\"": "&quot;"};
  return text.replace(/[<>&"]/g, function(character) {
    return replacements[character];
  });
}
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