title: jquery how to check <span>.html() == '▴'
body: <p>I have html code as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;span id="icon"&gt;&amp;#9652;&lt;/span&gt;.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>jquery code as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var icon = $('#icon').html();
  if(icon == '&amp;#9652;')
  return true;
  else return false.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the line of code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>icon == '&amp;#9652;'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>always return false.
  why is it and how to fix it?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for help.</p>