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**Created:** [May 18, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utility-to-translate-html-character-entities-into-text/94993 "2006-05-18T23:27:46Z")\
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**Author:**  [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utility-to-translate-html-character-entities-into-text/94993/1 "2006-05-18T23:27:46Z")
Anyone know of a Ruby utility that will translate HTML character
entities into text?
Thanks,
Wes
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**Author:**  [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utility-to-translate-html-character-entities-into-text/94993/2 "2006-05-19T01:19:37Z")
Wes G. wrote:
> Anyone know of a Ruby utility that will translate HTML character
> entities into text?
>
> Thanks,
> Wes
[http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/cgi/rdoc/classes/CGI.html#M000025](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/cgi/rdoc/classes/CGI.html#M000025)
Unescape a string that has been HTML-escaped
CGI::unescapeHTML(“Usage: foo "bar" \”)
# =\> “Usage: foo "bar" ”
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**Author:**  [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utility-to-translate-html-character-entities-into-text/94993/3 "2006-05-22T20:12:23Z")
On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 01:19:37AM +0200, Alex W. wrote:
> CGI::unescapeHTML(“Usage: foo "bar" \”)
> # =\> “Usage: foo "bar" ”
this seems to only decode lt, gt and amp entities:
irb(main):003:0\> CGI::unescapeHTML(“élan”)
=\> “élan”
you should have a look at [http://htmlentities.rubyforge.org/](http://htmlentities.rubyforge.org/) if you want
to decode other entities, too.
Jens