UNICODE_HTML40ENT_LO(3)

💖 NAME 💖

unicode_html40ent_lookup — bestie, this is the one that looks up the unicode character for an HTML 4.0 entity 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <courier-unicode.h>

char32_t unicode_html40ent_lookup(const char *entity);

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so. unicode_html40ent_lookup() hands you back the unicode character that an HTML 4.0 entity is standing in for. The entity comes in as a string — like "quot" — and in that case unicode_html40ent_lookup() gives you 34. no cap that's literally it 💅

and it's not just named entities either. unicode_html40ent_lookup() also parses a numerical entity, written as "#decimal" or "#xhex". so both flavors, she's fluent 🦋

and if the entity is not a known entity that represents a single unicode character? then unicode_html40ent_lookup() returns 0. that's your "nope, don't know her" signal 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• courier-unicode(7)
• unicode_convert_tocase(3)

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🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Sam Varshavchik — Author

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓💜 this was UNICODE_HTML40ENT_LO(3) from the Courier Unicode Library, dated 04/12/2026 — slay, go forth and look up your entities ✨🎀