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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T10:53:54+00:00 2026-05-20T10:53:54+00:00

I am trying to decode some HTML entities, such as ‘&lt;’ becoming ‘<‘ .

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I am trying to decode some HTML entities, such as '&lt;' becoming '<'.

I have an old gem (html_helpers) but it seems to have been abandoned twice.

Any recommendations? I will need to use it in a model.

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2026-05-20T10:53:55+00:00Added an answer on May 20, 2026 at 10:53 am

HTMLEntities can do it:

: jmglov@laurana; sudo gem install htmlentities
Successfully installed htmlentities-4.2.4
: jmglov@laurana;  irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'htmlentities'
=> []
irb(main):002:0> HTMLEntities.new.decode "&iexcl;I&#39;m highly&nbsp;annoyed with character references!"
=> "¡I'm highly annoyed with character references!"

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