JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Gerald Gillespie
HTML
<textarea id='test-box' cols="50"></textarea>
<a>as link</a>
<hr/>translated by html()
<br/>
<br/>
<textarea id='html-box' cols="50"></textarea>
<hr/>
<ul>stats:
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
var str = 'http://www.somesite.com/id/2343?paramA=1¶mB=asd';
$('#test-box').text(str);
$('a').attr('href', str);
$('#html-box').text($('#test-box').html());
$('li:first').text('string length: ' + str.length);
$('li:last').text('translated lght: ' + $('#test-box').html().length);