Lodash _.escape() Method

Lodash is a JavaScript library that works on the top of underscore.js. Lodash helps in working with arrays, strings, objects, numbers, etc.

The _.escape() method is used to convert the characters “&”, “<“, “>”, ‘”‘, and “‘” of given string into their corresponding HTML entities.

Syntax:

_.escape([string=''])

Parameters: This method accepts single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

• string: This parameter holds the string containing escape characters.

Return Value: This method returns the escaped string.

Example 1:

Javascript

const _ = require('lodash');

var str1 = _.escape("Geeks << for >> Geeks");
console.log(str1);

var str2 = _.escape("GFG && Geeks");
console.log(str2);

Output:

"Geeks << for >> Geeks"
"GFG && Geeks"

Example 2:

Javascript

const _ = require('lodash');

var str1 = _.escape("Geeks & Geeks");
console.log(str1);

var str2 = _.escape("GFG '+' Geeks");
console.log(str2);

var str3 = _.escape("'Geeks'");
console.log(str3);

Output:

"Geeks & Geeks"
"GFG +' Geeks"
"'Geeks'"