@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes
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@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)
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Compile ES2015 Unicode escapes to ES5
The npm package @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes receives a total of 19,214,732 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.
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