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Unescape-es6

Convert HTML entities to HTML characters, e.g. > converts to >.

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Based on unescape from jonschlinkert but updated for ES6

Install

Install with yarn:

$ yarn add unescape

Usage

const { unescape } = require('unescape-es6');
// or for TypeScript:
// import { unescape } from 'unescape-es6';
 
console.log(unescape('<div>abc</div>'));
//=> '<div>abc</div>'
 
// use template tags
console.log(unescape`&lt;div&gt;abc&lt;/div&gt;`); // => '<div>abc</div>'
 
// or with variables
const unescaped = '&lt;div&gt;unescaped&lt;/div&gt;';
console.log(unescape`awesome text with some ${unescaped} section`); //=> 'awesome text with some <div>unescaped</div> section' 

Characters

For performance, this library only handles the following common entities

Only the following entities are converted by default.

Character	Description	Entity Name	Entity Decimal	Entity Hex
"	double quotation mark	"	"	"
'	single quotation mark (apostrophe)	'	'	'
&	ampersand	&	&	&
>	greater than	>	>	>
<	less than	&lt;	&#60;	&#x3c;
	Single regular space	&nbsp;	N.A	&#xa0;
©	copyright	&copy;	&#169;	&#xa9;
¢	cent	&cent;	&#162;	&#xa2;
®	registered trademark	&reg;	&#174;	&#xae;
€	euro	&euro;	&#8364;	N.A.
£	pound	&pound;	&#163;	&#xa3;
¥	yen	&yen;	&#165;	&#xa5;

You can also print characters in runtime:

const { charSets } = require('unescape-es6');
 
console.log(charSets);

About

Alternatives

If you need a more robust implementation, try one of the following libraries:

• html-entities
• ent

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

License

Copyright © 2018-2019, Favna. Released under the MIT License.

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