--description--

This lab is about converting special characters in a string with their corresponding HTML entities.

Objective: Fulfill the user stories below and get all the tests to pass to complete the lab.

User Stories:

1. You should have a convertHTML function that accepts a string as an argument.

2. The convertHTML function should return a new string by converting special characters in the argument string to their corresponding HTML entities.

   • & should be converted to &.
   • < should be converted to <.
   • > should be converted to >.
   • " should be converted to ".
   • ' should be converted to '.

--hints--

You should have a convertHTML function.

assert.isFunction(convertHTML);

convertHTML("Dolce & Gabbana") should return the string Dolce & Gabbana.

assert.match(convertHTML('Dolce & Gabbana'), /Dolce & Gabbana/);

convertHTML("Hamburgers < Pizza < Tacos") should return the string Hamburgers < Pizza < Tacos.

assert.match(
  convertHTML('Hamburgers < Pizza < Tacos'),
  /Hamburgers &lt; Pizza &lt; Tacos/
);

convertHTML("Sixty > twelve") should return the string Sixty > twelve.

assert.match(convertHTML('Sixty > twelve'), /Sixty > twelve/);

convertHTML('Stuff in "quotation marks"') should return the string Stuff in "quotation marks".

assert.match(
  convertHTML('Stuff in "quotation marks"'),
  /Stuff in "quotation marks"/
);

convertHTML("Schindler's List") should return the string Schindler's List.

assert.match(convertHTML("Schindler's List"), /Schindler's List/);

convertHTML("<>") should return the string <>.

assert.match(convertHTML('<>'), /&lt;&gt;/);

convertHTML("abc") should return the string abc.

assert.strictEqual(convertHTML('abc'), 'abc');

--seed--

--seed-contents--

--solutions--

const map = {
  '&': '&',
  '<': '&lt;',
  '>': '&gt;',
  '"': '&quot;',
  "'": '&apos;'
};

function convertHTML(str) {
  return str.replace(/[&<>"']/g, function(char) {
    return map[char];
  });
}