caption: decodehtml
created: 20161017152925704
modified: 20161017152951209
op-input: a [[selection of titles|Title Selection]]
op-output: the input with HTML decoding applied
op-parameter: 
op-parameter-name: 
op-purpose: apply HTML decoding to a string
tags: [[Filter Operators]] [[String Operators]]
title: decodehtml Operator
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
from-version: 5.1.14

"HTML decoding" means replacing HTML entities that represent special characters with that character:

* `&` replaced with `&`
* ` ` replaced with ` ` (non breaking space)
* `&lt;` replaced with `<`
* `&gt;` replaced with `>`
* `&quot;` replaced with `"`

<<.operator-examples "decodehtml">>