Web text is not displaying properly with ampersand (&) character & amp;

Question

I have a list of names in JavaScript, eg name = "John&martin" but in the display in my interface it looks like John&martin, with ampersand character printed as & not as &.

I worked with the UTF-8 or even with the ASCII code, but I find no result. How to print & character as & not as &?

How does your value move from being a Javascript variable to being displayed "in your interface"? It's all about the details between here and there, and we're seeing none of it... — deceze, Apr 15 '16 at 12:36

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '16 at 12:27

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This is a shot in the dark without more context, but have you tried changing the name from:

name = "John&martin"

to:

name = "John\&martin"

?

answered Apr 15 '16 at 12:27

Xarus

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the problem is reproduced even i would like to display & – rachedbch Apr 15 '16 at 16:48
Either post more context or try this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3700326/decode-amp-back-to-in-javascript – Xarus Apr 19 '16 at 11:49

Web text is not displaying properly with ampersand (&) character & amp;

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