how to use the escape function from the underscore library in javascript

To use the escape function from the underscore library in Javascript, you first need to include the underscore library in your code. You can do this by adding the following script tag to your HTML file:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.9.1/underscore-min.js"></script>
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Once you have included the underscore library, you can use the escape function by passing a string as its argument. The escape function returns the string with special characters encoded. Here's an example:

index.tsx
var str = '<a href="#">Click here</a>';
var encodedStr = _.escape(str);
console.log(encodedStr);
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This code will output the following in the console:

index.tsx
"<a href="#">Click here</a>"
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As you can see, the escape function has encoded the special characters in the string so that it can be safely used in HTML content.