reagent/docs/FAQ/UsingAnEntity.md

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### Question
How can I use an entity like "nbsp"?
### Answer
If you try to do this:
```clj
[:div "hello" "&nbsp;" "there"] ;; <--- note: attempt to use an entity
```
then you will see the string for the entity. Which is not what you want.
Instead you should do this:
1. Require in goog's string module...
```clj
(:require [goog.string :as gstring])
```
2. Use it like this ...
```clj
[:div "hello" (gstring/unescapeEntities "&nbsp;") "there"]
```
**Note:** `unescapeEntities` relies on the DOM to produce a string with unescape entities;
in `nodejs` the DOM is unlikely to be available (unless you try using
[`jsdom`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsdom-global)).
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