how to specify <text> is not a tag in html

Question

If I have a string

str = "<" + "some text" + ">";

How would I output this to a rich text editor, with the desire to also display the '<' and '>' surrounding the text?

Solution

You need to use the HTML entities < and > instead of < and >, respectively.

str = "&lt;" + "some text" + "&gt;"

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