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    Function decodeHTMLEntities

    • Decodes HTML entities in a string.

      Parameters

      • text: string

        The string to decode

      Returns string

      The decoded string

      decodeHTMLEntities("&lt;div&gt;Hello &amp; World&lt;/div&gt;") // Returns "<div>Hello & World</div>"
      decodeHTMLEntities("&#39;Hello&#39;") // Returns "'Hello'"

      Source

      export function decodeHTMLEntities(text: string) {
        const entities: Record<string, string> = {
          /* eslint-disable */
          "&nbsp;": " ",
          "&lt;": "<",
          "&gt;": ">",
          "&amp;": "&",
          "&quot;": '"',
          "&#39;": "'",
          "&apos;": "'",
          "&cent;": "¢",
          "&pound;": "£",
          "&yen;": "¥",
          "&euro;": "€",
          "&copy;": "©",
          "&reg;": "®",
          /* eslint-enable */
        } as const;

        return text
          .replace(/&[a-z]+;/gi, (match) => entities[match] || match)
          .replace(/&#(\d+);/gi, (match, dec) => String.fromCharCode(dec));
      }

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