How to print special characters using jquery?

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I am developing a web page in Slovak. To use certain language characters, such as á or ž, I use this HTML code:

<html lang="sk"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> </head>

Now it works as expected, but only when I hardcode this text into an html file.

As soon as I use jquery to print them, it breaks and these characters are not displayed correctly.

 $("#myDiv").html("áž");

Should I specify something in jquery or is there any other way to overcome this problem?

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Matúš Dúbrava Mar 12 '14 at 4:25

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I think you can use some tricks here

try it

 $("#myDiv").html($("<div>").html("áž").text());

Or just try this

 $("#myDiv").text("áž");

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nrsharma Mar 12 '14 at 4:29

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You can do the following very easily. Use any special character u want

 $("#mydiv").text("*&^&*^*&^*");

Here is a demo

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Thedean Mar 12 '14 at 4:36

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Rajaprabhu aravindasamy · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-12T04:29:34+0000

You can pass the numeric object for this character to the html () function to achieve this,

Try a sample,

 $('body').html('&#926;');

Demo