MATLAB: Is there a non-toolbox alternative for decodeHTMLEntities

decodehtmlentitieshtmlentitiesMATLAB

I'm scraping data from the web and I noticed that some text contains html entities (& ,   etc.). Now I've found that I could use decodeHTMLEntities, but it requires the Text Analytics Toolbox. Is there also a non-toolbox / free function to decode html entities ?

p.s.

I know I could probably just write my own function to encode/decode it but I dont really want to waste my time doing that.

Best Answer

Because of the lack of (quick) responses, I've made my own function which I made available here. It comes with a file called entities.mat, which contains the characters and corresponding html entities.

Related Solutions

MATLAB: Programmatic Check For Monospace Font

listeners=com.mathworks.mde.cmdwin.CmdWinDocument.getInstance().getDocumentListeners();
listeners(3).getFont()

See Yair's blog http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/changing-matlab-command-window-colors/

MATLAB: How do you read an attribute from one part of a composite entity

Composite entities retain the hierarchical structure of the constituent entities. There are two ways:

(1) Directly method. If you name your constituent entities E1 and E2, you can access the original attributes by using entity.E1.Attribute.

(2) Indirect method. You can first split the composite entity and read their attributes separately. I have implemented both methods in the attached model.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

MATLAB: Programmatic Check For Monospace Font

MATLAB: How do you read an attribute from one part of a composite entity

Related Question