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XMLentities.entityToLiteral(3kaya) Kaya module reference XMLentities.entityToLiteral(3kaya)

NAME

XMLentities::entityToLiteral - Convert XML entities to literal characters

SYNOPSIS

String entityToLiteral( String text, Bool html=true )

ARGUMENTS

text The text to convert
html Whether to use the named entities defined in HTML (e.g. £). This argument may be omitted, for a default of using them.

DESCRIPTION

Return a String with all the XML entities in the original string converted to literal characters (for example ª or ª would become Char(170) ). Optionally, the HTML named entities may also be converted (so ª would also become Char(170) ).

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.literalToEntity (3kaya)
August 2014 Kaya