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/** Used to map HTML entities to characters. */
const htmlUnescapes = {
'&': '&',
'&lt;': '<',
'&gt;': '>',
'&quot;': '"',
'&#39;': "'"
}
/** Used to match HTML entities and HTML characters. */
const reEscapedHtml = /&(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|#(0+)?39);/g
const reHasEscapedHtml = RegExp(reEscapedHtml.source)
/**
* The inverse of `escape`this method converts the HTML entities
* `&amp;`, `&lt;`, `&gt;`, `&quot;` and `&#39;` in `string` to
* their corresponding characters.
*
* **Note:** No other HTML entities are unescaped. To unescape additional
* HTML entities use a third-party library like [_he_](https://mths.be/he).
*
* @since 0.6.0
* @category String
* @param {string} [string=''] The string to unescape.
* @returns {string} Returns the unescaped string.
* @see escape, escapeRegExp
* @example
*
* unescape('fred, barney, &amp; pebbles')
* // => 'fred, barney, & pebbles'
*/
function unescape(string) {
return (string && reHasEscapedHtml.test(string))
? string.replace(reEscapedHtml, (entity) => (htmlUnescapes[entity] || "'"))
: (string || '')
}
export default unescape