module CGI::Escape
def unescapeHTML(string)
CGI.unescapeHTML("Usage: foo "bar" <baz>")
Unescape a string that has been HTML-escaped
def unescapeHTML(string) enc = string.encoding unless enc.ascii_compatible? if enc.dummy? origenc = enc enc = Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding(enc) string = enc ? string.encode(enc) : string.b end string = string.gsub(Regexp.new('&(apos|amp|quot|gt|lt|#[0-9]+|#x[0-9A-Fa-f]+);'.encode(enc))) do case $1.encode(Encoding::US_ASCII) when 'apos' then "'".encode(enc) when 'amp' then '&'.encode(enc) when 'quot' then '"'.encode(enc) when 'gt' then '>'.encode(enc) when 'lt' then '<'.encode(enc) when /\A#0*(\d+)\z/ then $1.to_i.chr(enc) when /\A#x([0-9a-f]+)\z/i then $1.hex.chr(enc) end end string.encode!(origenc) if origenc return string end return string unless string.include? '&' charlimit = case enc when Encoding::UTF_8; 0x10ffff when Encoding::ISO_8859_1; 256 else 128 end string = string.b string.gsub!(/&(apos|amp|quot|gt|lt|\#[0-9]+|\#[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+);/) do match = $1.dup case match when 'apos' then "'" when 'amp' then '&' when 'quot' then '"' when 'gt' then '>' when 'lt' then '<' when /\A#0*(\d+)\z/ n = $1.to_i if n < charlimit n.chr(enc) else "&##{$1};" end when /\A#x([0-9a-f]+)\z/i n = $1.hex if n < charlimit n.chr(enc) else "&#x#{$1};" end else "&#{match};" end end string.force_encoding enc end