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HTML

<!-- <div class="XT_Active"> &frac12;</div> <br /> -->

<span class="XT_Active">½</span> <br />

JavaScript

alert('html value ==>' + $(".XT_Active").html().toString() );
alert('comparision ==>' + ($(".XT_Active").html().toString() == "½"));

if ($(".XT_Active").text() == "&frac12;") {
   // alert('foo ====' + $(".XT_Active").text());
   //Do stuff
}

if ($(".XT_Active").text() == "½") {
    alert('Yay I am inside the if condition' + $(".XT_Active").text());
   //Do stuff
}