var chars = new Array ('&','à','á','â','ã','ä','å','æ','ç','è','é','ê','ë','ì','í','î','ï','ð','ñ','ò','ó','ô','õ','ö','ø','ù','ú','û','ü','ý','þ','ÿ','À','Á','Â','Ã','Ä','Å','Æ','Ç','È','É','Ê','Ë','Ì','Í','Î','Ï','Ð','Ñ','Ò','Ó','Ô','Õ','Ö','Ø','Ù','Ú','Û','Ü','Ý','Þ','€','\"','ß','<','>','¢','£','¤','¥','¦','§','¨','©','ª','«','¬','­','®','¯','°','±','²','³','´','µ','¶','·','¸','¹','º','»','¼','½','¾');
var entities = new Array ('amp','agrave','aacute','acirc','atilde','auml','aring','aelig','ccedil','egrave','eacute','ecirc','euml','igrave','iacute','icirc','iuml','eth','ntilde','ograve','oacute','ocirc','otilde','ouml','oslash','ugrave','uacute','ucirc','uuml','yacute','thorn','yuml','Agrave','Aacute','Acirc','Atilde','Auml','Aring','AElig','Ccedil','Egrave','Eacute','Ecirc','Euml','Igrave','Iacute','Icirc','Iuml','ETH','Ntilde','Ograve','Oacute','Ocirc','Otilde','Ouml','Oslash','Ugrave','Uacute','Ucirc','Uuml','Yacute','THORN','euro','quot','szlig','lt','gt','cent','pound','curren','yen','brvbar','sect','uml','copy','ordf','laquo','not','shy','reg','macr','deg','plusmn','sup2','sup3','acute','micro','para','middot','cedil','sup1','ordm','raquo','frac14','frac12','frac34');

function htmlentitiesEnc(str){
	for (var i = 0; i < chars.length; i++)  {
		myRegExp = new RegExp();
		myRegExp.compile(chars[i],'g');
		str = str.replace (myRegExp, '&' + entities[i] + ';');
	}
	return str;
} 

function htmlentitiesDec(str){
	for (var i = 0; i < entities.length; i++)  {
		myRegExp = new RegExp();
		myRegExp.compile('&' + entities[i] + ';','g');
		str = str.replace (myRegExp, chars[i]);
	}
	return str;
}