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    /** Used to map HTML entities to characters. */
const htmlUnescapes = {
  '&': '&',
  '<': '<',
  '>': '>',
  '"': '"',
  ''': "'"
}

/** Used to match HTML entities and HTML characters. */
const reEscapedHtml = /&(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|#39);/g
const reHasEscapedHtml = RegExp(reEscapedHtml.source)

/**
 * The inverse of `escape`this method converts the HTML entities
 * `&`, `<`, `>`, `"` and `'` in `string` to
 * their corresponding characters.
 *
 * **Note:** No other HTML entities are unescaped. To unescape additional
 * HTML entities use a third-party library like [_he_](https://mths.be/he).
 *
 * @since 0.6.0
 * @category String
 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to unescape.
 * @returns {string} Returns the unescaped string.
 * @see escape, escapeRegExp
 * @example
 *
 * unescape('fred, barney, & pebbles')
 * // => 'fred, barney, & pebbles'
 */
function unescape(string) {
  return (string && reHasEscapedHtml.test(string))
    ? string.replace(reEscapedHtml, (entity) => htmlUnescapes[entity])
    : string
}

export default unescape