# Python developer Fredrik Lundh (author of elementtree, among other things) has such a function on his website, which works with decimal, hex and named entities:
# Python developer Fredrik Lundh (author of elementtree, among other things)
# has such a function on his website, which works with decimal, hex and named
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# Removes HTML or XML character references and entities from a text string.
# Removes HTML or XML character references and entities from a text string.