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JavaScript

function htmlEscape(str) {
    return String(str)
            .replace(/&/g, '&')
            .replace(/"/g, '"')
            .replace(/'/g, ''')
            .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
            .replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
}

var jsonString = "[{‘x’: 1, ‘b’: 2}, {‘x’: 100, ‘b’: 200}]";

document.body.innerHTML = htmlEscape(jsonString);