How to convert HTML entities to unicode characters?

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; How to convert HTML entities to unicode characters?
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; Example 1: Convert one decimal or hex entity code point.
; Example 2: Convert a text string, which contains named, decimal or hex entity code points.
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; (c)Detlev Dalitz.20111207.
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; Set work folder to script folder.
DirChange (DirScript ())


; Example 1.
strHtmlNumEntity = "&#0350;"  ; Decimal.
strHtmlNumEntity = "&#x015E;" ; Hex.
strHtmlNumEntity = "&#x15E;"  ; Hex.
strNum = StrClean (strHtmlNumEntity, "&#;", "", @TRUE, 1)
If 1 == StrIndexNC (strNum, "x", 1, @FWDSCAN)
   strNum = StrFixLeft (StrSub (strNum, 2, -1), "0", 4)
   strTextUnicode = ChrHexToUnicode (StrSub (strNum : strNum, 3, 4))
Else
   hdlBB = BinaryAlloc (2)
   BinaryPoke2 (hdlBB, 0, Int (strNum))
   strTextUnicode = ChrHexToUnicode (BinaryPeekHex (hdlBB, 0, 2))
   hdlBB = BinaryFree (hdlBB)
EndIf
ClipPut (strTextUnicode)
AskLine ("Decode decimal or hex HTML numerical entity", "Result", strTextUnicode, 1)


; Example 2.
strTextHtmlEntities = "&#191;Hablas bien el espa&ntilde;ol? <<< Yönetim Dan&#305;smanl&#305;k A.&#x15e;. >>>"
objIE = ObjectOpen ("InternetExplorer.Application")
objIE.visible = @FALSE
objIE.navigate("about:blank")
objTA = objIE.Document.createElement("textarea")
objTA.innerHTML = StrReplace (StrReplace (strTextHtmlEntities, "<", "&lt;"), ">", "&gt;")
strTextUnicode = objTA.value
objIE.quit
objTA = 0
objIE = 0
ClipPut (strTextUnicode)
AskLine ("Decode decimal or hex or named HTML entities", "Result", strTextUnicode, 1)

:CANCEL
Exit