---
name: "XMLentities.entityToLiteral"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XMLentities.entityToLiteral"
---

# XMLentities.entityToLiteral(3kaya)

Convert XML entities to literal characters

## NAME

XMLentities::entityToLiteral - Convert XML entities to literal characters

## SYNOPSIS

**String entityToLiteral(** *String text, Bool html=true* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**text** The text to convert

**html** Whether to use the named entities defined in HTML (e.g. £). This argument may be omitted, for a default of using them.

## DESCRIPTION

Return a String with all the XML entities in the original string converted to literal characters (for example **ª**  or **ª**  would become **Char(170)**  ). Optionally, the HTML named entities may also be converted (so **ª**  would also become **Char(170)**  ).

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**XMLentities.literalToEntity (3kaya)**