add characters that break html to input

Question

How do I add this to a html text input.

var s = '>>>>>>>  """""""""""""';

How can I escape these characters so that it does not break the the HTML

var addMe = '<input type="text" value="' + s + '" />';

This is how it looks when its dynamically added with jquery

<input type="text" ??="" value=""/>

See [HtmlSpecialChars equivalent in Javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1787322/htmlspecialchars-equivalent-in-javascript) — Fabrizio Calderan, Aug 29 '12 at 08:18
Also, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1219860/javascript-jquery-html-encoding — jorgebg, Aug 29 '12 at 08:20

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '12 at 08:29

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Use .attr('value', ...) to add arbitrary text to an element's value without needing to escape it.

answered Aug 29 '12 at 08:29

Alnitak

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