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import tables
const
Entities = { # source: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Lib/htmlentitydefs.py
"AElig": 0x00c6, # latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE, U+00C6 ISOlat1
"Aacute": 0x00c1, # latin capital letter A with acute, U+00C1 ISOlat1
"Acirc": 0x00c2, # latin capital letter A with circumflex, U+00C2 ISOlat1
"Agrave": 0x00c0, # latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave, U+00C0 ISOlat1
"Alpha": 0x0391, # greek capital letter alpha, U+0391
"Aring": 0x00c5, # latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring, U+00C5 ISOlat1
"Atilde": 0x00c3, # latin capital letter A with tilde, U+00C3 ISOlat1
"Auml": 0x00c4, # latin capital letter A with diaeresis, U+00C4 ISOlat1
"Beta": 0x0392, # greek capital letter beta, U+0392
"Ccedil": 0x00c7, # latin capital letter C with cedilla, U+00C7 ISOlat1
"Chi": 0x03a7, # greek capital letter chi, U+03A7
"Dagger": 0x2021, # double dagger, U+2021 ISOpub
"Delta": 0x0394, # greek capital letter delta, U+0394 ISOgrk3
"ETH": 0x00d0, # latin capital letter ETH, U+00D0 ISOlat1
"Eacute": 0x00c9, # latin capital letter E with acute, U+00C9 ISOlat1
"Ecirc": 0x00ca, # latin capital letter E with circumflex, U+00CA ISOlat1
"Egrave": 0x00c8, # latin capital letter E with grave, U+00C8 ISOlat1
"Epsilon": 0x0395, # greek capital letter epsilon, U+0395
"Eta": 0x0397, # greek capital letter eta, U+0397
"Euml": 0x00cb, # latin capital letter E with diaeresis, U+00CB ISOlat1
"Gamma": 0x0393, # greek capital letter gamma, U+0393 ISOgrk3
"Iacute": 0x00cd, # latin capital letter I with acute, U+00CD ISOlat1
"Icirc": 0x00ce, # latin capital letter I with circumflex, U+00CE ISOlat1
"Igrave": 0x00cc, # latin capital letter I with grave, U+00CC ISOlat1
"Iota": 0x0399, # greek capital letter iota, U+0399
"Iuml": 0x00cf, # latin capital letter I with diaeresis, U+00CF ISOlat1
"Kappa": 0x039a, # greek capital letter kappa, U+039A
"Lambda": 0x039b, # greek capital letter lambda, U+039B ISOgrk3
"Mu": 0x039c, # greek capital letter mu, U+039C
"Ntilde": 0x00d1, # latin capital letter N with tilde, U+00D1 ISOlat1
"Nu": 0x039d, # greek capital letter nu, U+039D
"OElig": 0x0152, # latin capital ligature OE, U+0152 ISOlat2
"Oacute": 0x00d3, # latin capital letter O with acute, U+00D3 ISOlat1
"Ocirc": 0x00d4, # latin capital letter O with circumflex, U+00D4 ISOlat1
"Ograve": 0x00d2, # latin capital letter O with grave, U+00D2 ISOlat1
"Omega": 0x03a9, # greek capital letter omega, U+03A9 ISOgrk3
"Omicron": 0x039f, # greek capital letter omicron, U+039F
"Oslash": 0x00d8, # latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash, U+00D8 ISOlat1
"Otilde": 0x00d5, # latin capital letter O with tilde, U+00D5 ISOlat1
"Ouml": 0x00d6, # latin capital letter O with diaeresis, U+00D6 ISOlat1
"Phi": 0x03a6, # greek capital letter phi, U+03A6 ISOgrk3
"Pi": 0x03a0, # greek capital letter pi, U+03A0 ISOgrk3
"Prime": 0x2033, # double prime = seconds = inches, U+2033 ISOtech
"Psi": 0x03a8, # greek capital letter psi, U+03A8 ISOgrk3
"Rho": 0x03a1, # greek capital letter rho, U+03A1
"Scaron": 0x0160, # latin capital letter S with caron, U+0160 ISOlat2
"Sigma": 0x03a3, # greek capital letter sigma, U+03A3 ISOgrk3
"THORN": 0x00de, # latin capital letter THORN, U+00DE ISOlat1
"Tau": 0x03a4, # greek capital letter tau, U+03A4
"Theta": 0x0398, # greek capital letter theta, U+0398 ISOgrk3
"Uacute": 0x00da, # latin capital letter U with acute, U+00DA ISOlat1
"Ucirc": 0x00db, # latin capital letter U with circumflex, U+00DB ISOlat1
"Ugrave": 0x00d9, # latin capital letter U with grave, U+00D9 ISOlat1
"Upsilon": 0x03a5, # greek capital letter upsilon, U+03A5 ISOgrk3
"Uuml": 0x00dc, # latin capital letter U with diaeresis, U+00DC ISOlat1
"Xi": 0x039e, # greek capital letter xi, U+039E ISOgrk3
"Yacute": 0x00dd, # latin capital letter Y with acute, U+00DD ISOlat1
"Yuml": 0x0178, # latin capital letter Y with diaeresis, U+0178 ISOlat2
"Zeta": 0x0396, # greek capital letter zeta, U+0396
"aacute": 0x00e1, # latin small letter a with acute, U+00E1 ISOlat1
"acirc": 0x00e2, # latin small letter a with circumflex, U+00E2 ISOlat1
"acute": 0x00b4, # acute accent = spacing acute, U+00B4 ISOdia
"aelig": 0x00e6, # latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae, U+00E6 ISOlat1
"agrave": 0x00e0, # latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave, U+00E0 ISOlat1
"alefsym": 0x2135, # alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal, U+2135 NEW
"alpha": 0x03b1, # greek small letter alpha, U+03B1 ISOgrk3
"amp": 0x0026, # ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum
"and": 0x2227, # logical and = wedge, U+2227 ISOtech
"ang": 0x2220, # angle, U+2220 ISOamso
"aring": 0x00e5, # latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring, U+00E5 ISOlat1
"asymp": 0x2248, # almost equal to = asymptotic to, U+2248 ISOamsr
"atilde": 0x00e3, # latin small letter a with tilde, U+00E3 ISOlat1
"auml": 0x00e4, # latin small letter a with diaeresis, U+00E4 ISOlat1
"bdquo": 0x201e, # double low-9 quotation mark, U+201E NEW
"beta": 0x03b2, # greek small letter beta, U+03B2 ISOgrk3
"brvbar": 0x00a6, # broken bar = broken vertical bar, U+00A6 ISOnum
"bull": 0x2022, # bullet = black small circle, U+2022 ISOpub
"cap": 0x2229, # intersection = cap, U+2229 ISOtech
"ccedil": 0x00e7, # latin small letter c with cedilla, U+00E7 ISOlat1
"cedil": 0x00b8, # cedilla = spacing cedilla, U+00B8 ISOdia
"cent": 0x00a2, # cent sign, U+00A2 ISOnum
"chi": 0x03c7, # greek small letter chi, U+03C7 ISOgrk3
"circ": 0x02c6, # modifier letter circumflex accent, U+02C6 ISOpub
"clubs": 0x2663, # black club suit = shamrock, U+2663 ISOpub
"cong": 0x2245, # approximately equal to, U+2245 ISOtech
"copy": 0x00a9, # copyright sign, U+00A9 ISOnum
"crarr": 0x21b5, # downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return, U+21B5 NEW
"cup": 0x222a, # union = cup, U+222A ISOtech
"curren": 0x00a4, # currency sign, U+00A4 ISOnum
"dArr": 0x21d3, # downwards double arrow, U+21D3 ISOamsa
"dagger": 0x2020, # dagger, U+2020 ISOpub
"darr": 0x2193, # downwards arrow, U+2193 ISOnum
"deg": 0x00b0, # degree sign, U+00B0 ISOnum
"delta": 0x03b4, # greek small letter delta, U+03B4 ISOgrk3
"diams": 0x2666, # black diamond suit, U+2666 ISOpub
"divide": 0x00f7, # division sign, U+00F7 ISOnum
"eacute": 0x00e9, # latin small letter e with acute, U+00E9 ISOlat1
"ecirc": 0x00ea, # latin small letter e with circumflex, U+00EA ISOlat1
"egrave": 0x00e8, # latin small letter e with grave, U+00E8 ISOlat1
"empty": 0x2205, # empty set = null set = diameter, U+2205 ISOamso
"emsp": 0x2003, # em space, U+2003 ISOpub
"ensp": 0x2002, # en space, U+2002 ISOpub
"epsilon": 0x03b5, # greek small letter epsilon, U+03B5 ISOgrk3
"equiv": 0x2261, # identical to, U+2261 ISOtech
"eta": 0x03b7, # greek small letter eta, U+03B7 ISOgrk3
"eth": 0x00f0, # latin small letter eth, U+00F0 ISOlat1
"euml": 0x00eb, # latin small letter e with diaeresis, U+00EB ISOlat1
"euro": 0x20ac, # euro sign, U+20AC NEW
"exist": 0x2203, # there exists, U+2203 ISOtech
"fnof": 0x0192, # latin small f with hook = function = florin, U+0192 ISOtech
"forall": 0x2200, # for all, U+2200 ISOtech
"frac12": 0x00bd, # vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half, U+00BD ISOnum
"frac14": 0x00bc, # vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter, U+00BC ISOnum
"frac34": 0x00be, # vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters, U+00BE ISOnum
"frasl": 0x2044, # fraction slash, U+2044 NEW
"gamma": 0x03b3, # greek small letter gamma, U+03B3 ISOgrk3
"ge": 0x2265, # greater-than or equal to, U+2265 ISOtech
"gt": 0x003e, # greater-than sign, U+003E ISOnum
"hArr": 0x21d4, # left right double arrow, U+21D4 ISOamsa
"harr": 0x2194, # left right arrow, U+2194 ISOamsa
"hearts": 0x2665, # black heart suit = valentine, U+2665 ISOpub
"hellip": 0x2026, # horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader, U+2026 ISOpub
"iacute": 0x00ed, # latin small letter i with acute, U+00ED ISOlat1
"icirc": 0x00ee, # latin small letter i with circumflex, U+00EE ISOlat1
"iexcl": 0x00a1, # inverted exclamation mark, U+00A1 ISOnum
"igrave": 0x00ec, # latin small letter i with grave, U+00EC ISOlat1
"image": 0x2111, # blackletter capital I = imaginary part, U+2111 ISOamso
"infin": 0x221e, # infinity, U+221E ISOtech
"int": 0x222b, # integral, U+222B ISOtech
"iota": 0x03b9, # greek small letter iota, U+03B9 ISOgrk3
"iquest": 0x00bf, # inverted question mark = turned question mark, U+00BF ISOnum
"isin": 0x2208, # element of, U+2208 ISOtech
"iuml": 0x00ef, # latin small letter i with diaeresis, U+00EF ISOlat1
"kappa": 0x03ba, # greek small letter kappa, U+03BA ISOgrk3
"lArr": 0x21d0, # leftwards double arrow, U+21D0 ISOtech
"lambda": 0x03bb, # greek small letter lambda, U+03BB ISOgrk3
"lang": 0x2329, # left-pointing angle bracket = bra, U+2329 ISOtech
"laquo": 0x00ab, # left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet, U+00AB ISOnum
"larr": 0x2190, # leftwards arrow, U+2190 ISOnum
"lceil": 0x2308, # left ceiling = apl upstile, U+2308 ISOamsc
"ldquo": 0x201c, # left double quotation mark, U+201C ISOnum
"le": 0x2264, # less-than or equal to, U+2264 ISOtech
"lfloor": 0x230a, # left floor = apl downstile, U+230A ISOamsc
"lowast": 0x2217, # asterisk operator, U+2217 ISOtech
"loz": 0x25ca, # lozenge, U+25CA ISOpub
"lrm": 0x200e, # left-to-right mark, U+200E NEW RFC 2070
"lsaquo": 0x2039, # single left-pointing angle quotation mark, U+2039 ISO proposed
"lsquo": 0x2018, # left single quotation mark, U+2018 ISOnum
"lt": 0x003c, # less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum
"macr": 0x00af, # macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar, U+00AF ISOdia
"mdash": 0x2014, # em dash, U+2014 ISOpub
"micro": 0x00b5, # micro sign, U+00B5 ISOnum
"middot": 0x00b7, # middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot, U+00B7 ISOnum
"minus": 0x2212, # minus sign, U+2212 ISOtech
"mu": 0x03bc, # greek small letter mu, U+03BC ISOgrk3
"nabla": 0x2207, # nabla = backward difference, U+2207 ISOtech
"nbsp": 0x00a0, # no-break space = non-breaking space, U+00A0 ISOnum
"ndash": 0x2013, # en dash, U+2013 ISOpub
"ne": 0x2260, # not equal to, U+2260 ISOtech
"ni": 0x220b, # contains as member, U+220B ISOtech
"not": 0x00ac, # not sign, U+00AC ISOnum
"notin": 0x2209, # not an element of, U+2209 ISOtech
"nsub": 0x2284, # not a subset of, U+2284 ISOamsn
"ntilde": 0x00f1, # latin small letter n with tilde, U+00F1 ISOlat1
"nu": 0x03bd, # greek small letter nu, U+03BD ISOgrk3
"oacute": 0x00f3, # latin small letter o with acute, U+00F3 ISOlat1
"ocirc": 0x00f4, # latin small letter o with circumflex, U+00F4 ISOlat1
"oelig": 0x0153, # latin small ligature oe, U+0153 ISOlat2
"ograve": 0x00f2, # latin small letter o with grave, U+00F2 ISOlat1
"oline": 0x203e, # overline = spacing overscore, U+203E NEW
"omega": 0x03c9, # greek small letter omega, U+03C9 ISOgrk3
"omicron": 0x03bf, # greek small letter omicron, U+03BF NEW
"oplus": 0x2295, # circled plus = direct sum, U+2295 ISOamsb
"or": 0x2228, # logical or = vee, U+2228 ISOtech
"ordf": 0x00aa, # feminine ordinal indicator, U+00AA ISOnum
"ordm": 0x00ba, # masculine ordinal indicator, U+00BA ISOnum
"oslash": 0x00f8, # latin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash, U+00F8 ISOlat1
"otilde": 0x00f5, # latin small letter o with tilde, U+00F5 ISOlat1
"otimes": 0x2297, # circled times = vector product, U+2297 ISOamsb
"ouml": 0x00f6, # latin small letter o with diaeresis, U+00F6 ISOlat1
"para": 0x00b6, # pilcrow sign = paragraph sign, U+00B6 ISOnum
"part": 0x2202, # partial differential, U+2202 ISOtech
"permil": 0x2030, # per mille sign, U+2030 ISOtech
"perp": 0x22a5, # up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular, U+22A5 ISOtech
"phi": 0x03c6, # greek small letter phi, U+03C6 ISOgrk3
"pi": 0x03c0, # greek small letter pi, U+03C0 ISOgrk3
"piv": 0x03d6, # greek pi symbol, U+03D6 ISOgrk3
"plusmn": 0x00b1, # plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign, U+00B1 ISOnum
"pound": 0x00a3, # pound sign, U+00A3 ISOnum
"prime": 0x2032, # prime = minutes = feet, U+2032 ISOtech
"prod": 0x220f, # n-ary product = product sign, U+220F ISOamsb
"prop": 0x221d, # proportional to, U+221D ISOtech
"psi": 0x03c8, # greek small letter psi, U+03C8 ISOgrk3
"quot": 0x0022, # quotation mark = APL quote, U+0022 ISOnum
"rArr": 0x21d2, # rightwards double arrow, U+21D2 ISOtech
"radic": 0x221a, # square root = radical sign, U+221A ISOtech
"rang": 0x232a, # right-pointing angle bracket = ket, U+232A ISOtech
"raquo": 0x00bb, # right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet, U+00BB ISOnum
"rarr": 0x2192, # rightwards arrow, U+2192 ISOnum
"rceil": 0x2309, # right ceiling, U+2309 ISOamsc
"rdquo": 0x201d, # right double quotation mark, U+201D ISOnum
"real": 0x211c, # blackletter capital R = real part symbol, U+211C ISOamso
"reg": 0x00ae, # registered sign = registered trade mark sign, U+00AE ISOnum
"rfloor": 0x230b, # right floor, U+230B ISOamsc
"rho": 0x03c1, # greek small letter rho, U+03C1 ISOgrk3
"rlm": 0x200f, # right-to-left mark, U+200F NEW RFC 2070
"rsaquo": 0x203a, # single right-pointing angle quotation mark, U+203A ISO proposed
"rsquo": 0x2019, # right single quotation mark, U+2019 ISOnum
"sbquo": 0x201a, # single low-9 quotation mark, U+201A NEW
"scaron": 0x0161, # latin small letter s with caron, U+0161 ISOlat2
"sdot": 0x22c5, # dot operator, U+22C5 ISOamsb
"sect": 0x00a7, # section sign, U+00A7 ISOnum
"shy": 0x00ad, # soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen, U+00AD ISOnum
"sigma": 0x03c3, # greek small letter sigma, U+03C3 ISOgrk3
"sigmaf": 0x03c2, # greek small letter final sigma, U+03C2 ISOgrk3
"sim": 0x223c, # tilde operator = varies with = similar to, U+223C ISOtech
"spades": 0x2660, # black spade suit, U+2660 ISOpub
"sub": 0x2282, # subset of, U+2282 ISOtech
"sube": 0x2286, # subset of or equal to, U+2286 ISOtech
"sum": 0x2211, # n-ary sumation, U+2211 ISOamsb
"sup": 0x2283, # superset of, U+2283 ISOtech
"sup1": 0x00b9, # superscript one = superscript digit one, U+00B9 ISOnum
"sup2": 0x00b2, # superscript two = superscript digit two = squared, U+00B2 ISOnum
"sup3": 0x00b3, # superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed, U+00B3 ISOnum
"supe": 0x2287, # superset of or equal to, U+2287 ISOtech
"szlig": 0x00df, # latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed, U+00DF ISOlat1
"tau": 0x03c4, # greek small letter tau, U+03C4 ISOgrk3
"there4": 0x2234, # therefore, U+2234 ISOtech
"theta": 0x03b8, # greek small letter theta, U+03B8 ISOgrk3
"thetasym": 0x03d1, # greek small letter theta symbol, U+03D1 NEW
"thinsp": 0x2009, # thin space, U+2009 ISOpub
"thorn": 0x00fe, # latin small letter thorn with, U+00FE ISOlat1
"tilde": 0x02dc, # small tilde, U+02DC ISOdia
"times": 0x00d7, # multiplication sign, U+00D7 ISOnum
"trade": 0x2122, # trade mark sign, U+2122 ISOnum
"uArr": 0x21d1, # upwards double arrow, U+21D1 ISOamsa
"uacute": 0x00fa, # latin small letter u with acute, U+00FA ISOlat1
"uarr": 0x2191, # upwards arrow, U+2191 ISOnum
"ucirc": 0x00fb, # latin small letter u with circumflex, U+00FB ISOlat1
"ugrave": 0x00f9, # latin small letter u with grave, U+00F9 ISOlat1
"uml": 0x00a8, # diaeresis = spacing diaeresis, U+00A8 ISOdia
"upsih": 0x03d2, # greek upsilon with hook symbol, U+03D2 NEW
"upsilon": 0x03c5, # greek small letter upsilon, U+03C5 ISOgrk3
"uuml": 0x00fc, # latin small letter u with diaeresis, U+00FC ISOlat1
"weierp": 0x2118, # script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p, U+2118 ISOamso
"xi": 0x03be, # greek small letter xi, U+03BE ISOgrk3
"yacute": 0x00fd, # latin small letter y with acute, U+00FD ISOlat1
"yen": 0x00a5, # yen sign = yuan sign, U+00A5 ISOnum
"yuml": 0x00ff, # latin small letter y with diaeresis, U+00FF ISOlat1
"zeta": 0x03b6, # greek small letter zeta, U+03B6 ISOgrk3
"zwj": 0x200d, # zero width joiner, U+200D NEW RFC 2070
"zwnj": 0x200c, # zero width non-joiner, U+200C NEW RFC 2070
}.toTable()
from unicode import toUTF8, Rune
proc entityToUtf8*(entity: string): string =
## converts an HTML entity name like ``Ü`` to its UTF-8 equivalent.
## "" is returned if the entity name is unknown. The HTML parser
## already converts entities to UTF-8.
let val = Entities.getOrDefault(entity)
if val == 0x0000: result = ""
else: result = toUTF8(Rune(val))
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