How to convert the HTML entities into UTF-8 character set, in ruby 1.8.7

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Hi,

Is there away to convert the HTML entities into UTF-8 character set, in
ruby 1.8.7?
(For example, if we consider “”, convert the entity number “ö” into
“\303\266”. Or at least converting the html entity to the character “” )

Thank you

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On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 04:02:22 UTC-4, Nila wrote:

Hi,

Is there away to convert the HTML entities into UTF-8 character set, in
ruby 1.8.7?
(For example, if we consider “”, convert the entity number “ö” into
“\303\266”. Or at least converting the html entity to the character “” )

Thank you

CGI.unescapeHTML may do what you’re looking for.

–Matt J.

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On Sep 11, 2012, at 4:02 AM, Nila wrote:

Hi,

Is there away to convert the HTML entities into UTF-8 character set, in ruby
1.8.7?
(For example, if we consider “”, convert the entity number “ö” into
“\303\266”. Or at least converting the html entity to the character “” )

Here’s what I do:

coder = HTMLEntities.new
foo = coder.decode(foo)

I tried CGI.unescapeHTML and hit some problems, but that might have been
my source talking, since there were also custom entities declared in
XML.

Walter

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Thanks alot for the responses. Could do it using HTMLEntities.