Replaces busted characters carried over from legacy text encodings with the proper UTF-8 character.
Replaces busted characters carried over from legacy text encodings with the proper UTF-8 character.
yarn add utfu || npm install utfu
Say you've got a string that looks like this:
There's no way I'm paying €30 for that!
Pass it to either method, hex, txt, or htx and you'll hopefully get back:
There's no way I'm paying €30 for that!
hex substitutes unicode hex values (ie., \u20ac), which is useful in some contexts. txt substitutes the actual character (ie., €). And htx substitutes the HTML escape sequence (ie., €). See chart here for mappings.
import { hex, txt, htx } from 'utfu'
const dirtyText = 'On a certain level, it�s like shouting �fire� in a crowded theater.'
const cleanText = hex(dirtyText) || txt(dirtyText)
// --> 'On a certain level, it’s like shouting “fire” in a crowded theater.'
const cleanHTML = htx(dirtyText)
// --> 'On a certain level, it’’s like shouting “fire” in a crowded theater.'
yarn run test
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Replaces busted characters carried over from legacy text encodings with the proper UTF-8 characters.
The npm package utfu receives a total of 21 weekly downloads. As such, utfu popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that utfu demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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