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A large library of useful functions
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/**
* Unescape a string encoded in Java style
*
* | Escape Sequence | Hex | Character |
* | ------------------ | -------------------- | ------------------------ |
* | \\b | 0x08 | Backspace |
* | \\f | 0x0c | Form Feed |
* | \\n | 0x0a | New Line |
* | \\r | 0x0d | Carriage Return |
* | \\t | 0x09 | Tab |
* | \\\\ | 0x5c | Backslash |
* | \\' | 0x27 | Single Quote |
* | \\" | 0x22 | Double Quote |
* | \\unnnn | 0x0000-0xFFFF | Unicode Escape |
* @param input - The string to unescape
* @returns the string with escapes resolved
* @example
* ```typescript
* unescapeJava('Hello\\nWorld'); // "Hello\nWorld"
* unescapeJava('\\u20ac'); // "€"
* unescapeJava('\\tTabbed'); // "\tTabbed"
* unescapeJava('\\\\'); // "\\"
* ```
* @group Programming
* @category Escaping
*/
export declare function unescapeJava(input: string): string;