International HTML entities replacement function

htmlDecode.as

/**
 * International HTML entities decode function
 * Works with entity numbers and entity names
 * 
 * modified and simplified from http://www.markledford.com/blog/2009/02/25/as3-htmldecode-htmlencode-xml-hack/
 * 
 * @usage			htmlDecode('Hello & wélcome to <The Ω Show>');
 * 					Hello & wélcome to <The Ω Show>
 * 
 * @param	value	The string to decode
 * @return			The decoded String
 */
public static function htmlDecode(value:String):String
{
	// variables
		var entities:Object = 
		{
			'quot':34, 'amp':38, 'lt':60, 'gt':62, 'nbsp':160, 'iexcl':161,
			'cent':162, 'pound':163, 'curren':164, 'yen':165, 'brvbar':166, 'sect':167,
			'uml':168, 'copy':169, 'ordf':170, 'laquo':171, 'not':172, 'shy':173,
			'reg':174, 'macr':175, 'deg':176, 'plusmn':177, 'sup2':178, 'sup3':179,
			'acute':180, 'micro':181, 'para':182, 'middot':183, 'cedil':184, 'sup1':185,
			'ordm':186, 'raquo':187, 'frac14':188, 'frac12':189, 'frac34':190, 'iquest':191,
			'Agrave':192, 'Aacute':193, 'Acirc':194, 'Atilde':195, 'Auml':196, 'Aring':197,
			'AElig':198, 'Ccedil':199, 'Egrave':200, 'Eacute':201, 'Ecirc':202, 'Euml':203,
			'Igrave':204, 'Iacute':205, 'Icirc':206 , 'Iuml':207, 'ETH':208, 'Ntilde':209,
			'Ograve':210, 'Oacute':211, 'Ocirc':212, 'Otilde':213, 'Ouml':214, 'times':215,
			'Oslash':216, 'Ugrave':217, 'Uacute':218, 'Ucirc':219, 'Uuml':220, 'Yacute':221,
			'THORN':222, 'szlig':223, 'agrave':224, 'aacute':225, 'acirc':226, 'atilde':227,
			'auml':228, 'aring':229, 'aelig':230, 'ccedil':231, 'egrave':232, 'eacute':233,
			'ecirc':234, 'euml':235, 'igrave':236, 'iacute':237, 'icirc':238, 'iuml':239,
			'eth':240, 'ntilde':241, 'ograve':242, 'oacute':243, 'ocirc':244, 'otilde':245,
			'ouml':246, 'divide':247, 'oslash':248, 'ugrave':249, 'uacute':250, 'ucirc':251,
			'uuml':252, 'yacute':253, 'thorn':254, 'yuml':255, 'OElig':338, 'oelig':339,
			'Scaron':352, 'scaron':353, 'Yuml':376, 'fnof':402, 'circ':710, 'tilde':732,
			'Alpha':913, 'Beta':914, 'Gamma':915, 'Delta':916, 'Epsilon':917, 'Zeta':918,
			'Eta':919, 'Theta':920, 'Iota':921, 'Kappa':922, 'Lambda':923, 'Mu':924,
			'Nu':925, 'Xi':926, 'Omicron':927, 'Pi':928, 'Rho ':929, 'Sigma':931,
			'Tau':932, 'Upsilon':933, 'Phi':934, 'Chi':935, 'Psi':936, 'Omega':937,
			'alpha':945, 'beta':946, 'gamma':947, 'delta':948, 'epsilon':949, 'zeta':950,
			'eta':951, 'theta':952, 'iota':953, 'kappa':954, 'lambda':955, 'mu':956,
			'nu':957, 'xi':958, 'omicron':959, 'pi':960, 'rho':961, 'sigmaf':962,
			'sigma':963, 'tau':964, 'upsilon':965, 'phi':966, 'chi':967, 'psi':968,
			'omega':969, 'thetasym':977, 'upsih':978, 'piv':982, 'ensp':8194, 'emsp':8195,
			'thinsp':8201, 'zwnj':8204, 'zwj':8205, 'lrm':8206, 'rlm':8207, 'ndash':8211,
			'mdash':8212, 'lsquo':8216, 'rsquo':8217, 'sbquo':8218, 'ldquo':8220, 'rdquo':8221,
			'bdquo':8222, 'dagger':8224, 'Dagger':8225, 'bull':8226, 'hellip':8230, 'permil':8240,
			'prime':8242, 'Prime':8243, 'lsaquo':8249, 'rsaquo':8250, 'oline':8254, 'frasl':8260,
			'euro':8364, 'image':8465, 'weierp':8472, 'real':8476, 'trade':8482, 'alefsym':8501,
			'larr':8592, 'uarr':8593, 'rarr':8594, 'darr':8595, 'harr':8596, 'crarr':8629,
			'lArr':8656, 'uArr':8657, 'rArr':8658, 'dArr':8659, 'hArr':8660, 'forall':8704,
			'part':8706, 'exist':8707, 'empty':8709, 'nabla':8711, 'isin':8712, 'notin':8713,
			'ni':8715, 'prod':8719, 'sum':8721, 'minus':8722, 'lowast':8727, 'radic':8730,
			'prop':8733, 'infin':8734, 'ang':8736, 'and':8743, 'or':8744, 'cap':8745,
			'cup':8746, 'int':8747, 'there4':8756, 'sim':8764, 'cong':8773, 'asymp':8776,
			'ne':8800, 'equiv':8801, 'le':8804, 'ge':8805, 'sub':8834, 'sup':8835,
			'nsub':8836, 'sube':8838, 'supe':8839, 'oplus':8853, 'otimes':8855, 'perp':8869,
			'sdot':8901, 'lceil':8968, 'rceil':8969, 'lfloor':8970, 'rfloor':8971, 'lang':9001,
			'rang':9002, 'loz':9674, 'spades':9824, 'clubs':9827, 'hearts':9829, 'diams':9830
		};
	
	// replacement function
		function replace(match:String, name:String, num:int, index:int, original:String):String
		{
			var code:int = name ? entities[name] : num;
			return code ? String.fromCharCode(code) : '';
		}
		
	// replace and return
		return value.replace(/&([A-Za-z]+);|&#(\d+);/g, replace);
}