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Finds and fixes common and not so common broken named HTML entities, returns ranges array of fixes

<h1 align="center">string-fix-broken-named-entities</h1>

<p align="center">Finds and fixes common and not so common broken named HTML entities, returns ranges array of fixes</p>

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## Install

This package is [pure ESM](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c). If you're not ready yet, install an older version of this program, 5.4.0 (`npm i string-fix-broken-named-entities@5.4.0`).

```bash
npm i string-fix-broken-named-entities
```

## Quick Take

```js
import { strict as assert } from "assert";
import { rApply } from "ranges-apply";

import { fixEnt } from "string-fix-broken-named-entities";

const source = "&nsp;x&nsp;y&nsp;";

// returns Ranges notation, see codsen.com/ranges/
assert.deepEqual(fixEnt(source), [
  [0, 5, "&nbsp;"],
  [6, 11, "&nbsp;"],
  [12, 17, "&nbsp;"],
]);

// render result from ranges using "ranges-apply":
assert.equal(rApply(source, fixEnt(source)), "&nbsp;x&nbsp;y&nbsp;");
```

## Documentation

Please [visit codsen.com](https://codsen.com/os/string-fix-broken-named-entities/) for a full description of the API.

## Contributing

To report bugs or request features or assistance, [raise an issue](https://github.com/codsen/codsen/issues/new/choose) on GitHub.

## Licence

MIT License.

Copyright © 2010-2025 Roy Revelt and other contributors.

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