How to convert & gt; and & lt; with "<" and ">" inside the string if the brackets exist using a regular expression

Question

I want to replace < on <and > s> using a regular expression if any brackets or both brackets exist in a string. since I can check if these brackets exist inside the regex string and replace any of them with <and> respectively.

Answer 1

 '&lt; example string &gt;'.replace(/\&lt;/g, '<').replace(/\&gt;/g, '>')