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.TH "XMLentities.entityToLiteral" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
XMLentities::entityToLiteral \- Convert XML entities to literal characters
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B String entityToLiteral(
\fIString text, Bool html=true\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "text"
The text to convert
.PP
.B "html"
Whether to use the named entities defined in HTML (e.g. £). This argument may be omitted, for a default of using them.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Return a String with all the XML entities in the original string converted to literal characters (for example
\fBª \fP
or
\fBª \fP
would become
\fBChar(170) \fP
). Optionally, the HTML named entities may also be converted (so
\fBª \fP
would also become
\fBChar(170) \fP
).
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH 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.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.B "XMLentities.literalToEntity"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v