---
title: "unescape · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Converts the HTML entities &, <, >, ", and ' in string to their corresponding characters."
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_unescape
language: en
---

# unescape

This block is part of the [`value`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value) group and was last modified in core [`v11.0.1`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/110001).

Converts the HTML entities &, <, >, ", and ' in string to their corresponding characters.

- Raw required `value` Value to unescape

- value `value`

Replaces ONLY the five entities amp, lt, gt, quot, and #39 with their literal characters (& < > " '); every other entity, including nbsp and other numeric references, is left untouched. Not a general HTML entity decoder.

A typical wiring for [unescape](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_unescape): [value](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_default) feeds the `value` pin; the `value` out pin feeds [convert to uppercase](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_to_uppercase).

![Studio canvas example for the unescape block: typical wiring for unescape.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/value_unescape.png)

### Version history

Introduced in [`v11.0.1`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/110001).