string-fix-broken-named-entities

Finds and fixes common and not so common broken named HTML entities, returns ranges array of fixes

Install

This package is pure ESM. If you're not ready yet, install an older version of this program, 5.4.0 (npm i string-fix-broken-named-entities@5.4.0).

npm i string-fix-broken-named-entities

Quick Take

import { strict as assert } from "assert";
import { rApply } from "ranges-apply";

import { fixEnt } from "string-fix-broken-named-entities";

const source = "&nsp;x&nsp;y&nsp;";

// returns Ranges notation, see codsen.com/ranges/
assert.deepEqual(fixEnt(source), [
  [0, 5, " "],
  [6, 11, " "],
  [12, 17, " "],
]);

// render result from ranges using "ranges-apply":
assert.equal(rApply(source, fixEnt(source)), " x y ");

Documentation

Please visit codsen.com for a full description of the API.

Contributing

To report bugs or request features or assistance, raise an issue on GitHub.

Licence

MIT License.

Copyright © 2010-2025 Roy Revelt and other contributors.