How to show html entity using React?

Question

I am wanting to show the 'cubic' html entity (superscript 3). I am doing like this:

const formatArea = function(val){
    return val + " ft³";
}

where formatArea is being called from inside the component':

render(){
    return (
        <div>
            {formatArea(this.props.area)}
        </div>
    );
}

but, the browser is showing it as ft³

Solution 1

Found this way using JSX:

const formatArea = (val) => {
    return (<span>{val}&nbsp;ft<sup>3</sup></span>);
}

Solution 2

Another option is to use fromCharCode method:

const formatArea = (val) => {
    return val + ' ft' + String.fromCharCode(179);
}

Solution 3

New way using React's fragments:

<>&sup3;</>

In your case it can be:

const formatArea = function(val){
    return <>{val + ' '}&sup3;</>
}

Solution 4

• Method 1

  const formatArea = val => <div>{val} ft{'³'}</div>

• Method 2

  const formatArea = val => <div>{val} ft{'\u00B3'}</div>

• Method 3: fromCharCode

  const formatArea = val => <div>{val} ft{String.fromCharCode(parseInt('B3', 16))}</div>

• Method 4

  const formatArea = val => <div>{val} ft{String.fromCharCode(179)}</div>

• Method 5: HTML Codes

  const formatArea = val => <div>{val} ft&sup3;</div>

• Method 6

  const formatArea = val => <div>{val} ft&#179;</div>

• Method 7

  const formatArea = val => <div>{val} ft<sup>3</sup></div>

Then you can render it:

render() {
  return (
    {formatArea(this.props.area)}
  )
}

Solution 5

You can get that using dangerouslySetInnerHTML feature of jsx.

Another way would be use correspond unicode character of html entity and just use as normal string.

const formatArea = function(val){
    return val + " ft³";
}

const Comp = ({text}) => (
<div>
<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: `${text}`}} />
<div>{'53 ft\u00B3'}</div>
</div>

);

ReactDOM.render( <Comp text={formatArea(53)} /> ,
  document.getElementById('root')
);

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="root"></div>

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Comments

[mynameisnotallowed]

This is the best answer!

[rvandoni]

easy and clean!

[lehm.ro]

Took way to long to find this answer. Always used dangerously... even though I really didn't like that. Finally something simple and clean!

[DiamondDrake]

This is a great answer, but the usage is odd. Since this is React wouldn't it make sense to render it as <FormatArea val={this.props.area} /> And declare those as proper components such as const FormatArea = ({val})=> <div>{val} ft{'³'}</div>

[wal]

thx, you can also use this with the ternary operator e.g. { sortOrder === 'asc' ? <> &#x25B2;</> : <> &#x25BC;</> }