@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes
Advanced tools
@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes is a Babel plugin that transforms Unicode escape sequences in JavaScript string literals into their corresponding Unicode characters. This can be useful for improving readability and ensuring compatibility with environments that may not fully support Unicode escape sequences.
Transform Unicode Escape Sequences
This feature transforms Unicode escape sequences (e.g., \u0041) into their corresponding Unicode characters (e.g., 'A'). This can make the code more readable and easier to understand.
const str = '\u0041\u0042\u0043'; // ABCThe 'unicode-escape' package provides similar functionality by converting Unicode escape sequences into their corresponding characters. However, it is a standalone utility rather than a Babel plugin, which means it needs to be used separately from the Babel transformation pipeline.
Compile ES2015 Unicode escapes to ES5
See our website @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes for more information.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes --dev
v7.25.9 (2024-10-22)
babel-parser, babel-template, babel-types
syntacticPlaceholders mode (@liuxingbaoyu)babel-helper-compilation-targets, babel-preset-env
ClassAccessorProperty to prevent the no-undef rule (@victorenator)babel-parser, babel-types
VISITOR_KEYS etc. faster to access (@liuxingbaoyu)FAQs
Compile ES2015 Unicode escapes to ES5
The npm package @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes receives a total of 18,431,780 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Did you know?
Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
Security News
Research
The Socket Research Team breaks down a malicious wrapper package that uses obfuscation to harvest credentials and exfiltrate sensitive data.
Research
Security News
Attackers used a malicious npm package typosquatting a popular ESLint plugin to steal sensitive data, execute commands, and exploit developer systems.
Security News
The Ultralytics' PyPI Package was compromised four times in one weekend through GitHub Actions cache poisoning and failure to rotate previously compromised API tokens.