javascript alert box show html currency symbol

Question

How to show html currency symbol in javascript alert box. I am showing the message where currency and price both are dynamic so i need to get currency from html codes. Please provide me a solution.

Answer 1

<p id="eu">&euro;</p>

<script type="text/javascript">
var txt = document.getElementById("eu").textContent || document.getElementById("eu").innerText;

alert(txt);
</script>

NOTE: HERE you can find html entities

Answer 2

It all depends on which currency sign you want. The generic ¤ CURRENCY SIGN is \\xA4 ...

Use \\xA3 to represent £ , \€ to represent € , and for more just use the handy tool called Character Map.