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HTMLentities.lookupEntity(3kaya) Kaya module reference HTMLentities.lookupEntity(3kaya)

NAME

HTMLentities::lookupEntity - Look up the character number for a named HTML entity

SYNOPSIS

Maybe<Int> lookupEntity( String name )

ARGUMENTS

name The entity name (for example pound or nbsp )

DESCRIPTION

Return the character number for a named HTML entity, or nothing if the name is not that of a HTML entity. This is mainly a helper function for the XMLentities(3kaya) module, though may occasionally be useful to call separately.

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

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XMLentities.entityToLiteral (3kaya)
August 2014 Kaya