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crates/librqbit/webui/node_modules/preact/jsx-runtime/src/utils.js

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+const ENCODED_ENTITIES = /["&<]/;
+
+/** @param {string} str */
+export function encodeEntities(str) {
+	// Skip all work for strings with no entities needing encoding:
+	if (str.length === 0 || ENCODED_ENTITIES.test(str) === false) return str;
+
+	let last = 0,
+		i = 0,
+		out = '',
+		ch = '';
+
+	// Seek forward in str until the next entity char:
+	for (; i < str.length; i++) {
+		switch (str.charCodeAt(i)) {
+			case 34:
+				ch = '&quot;';
+				break;
+			case 38:
+				ch = '&amp;';
+				break;
+			case 60:
+				ch = '&lt;';
+				break;
+			default:
+				continue;
+		}
+		// Append skipped/buffered characters and the encoded entity:
+		if (i !== last) out += str.slice(last, i);
+		out += ch;
+		// Start the next seek/buffer after the entity's offset:
+		last = i + 1;
+	}
+	if (i !== last) out += str.slice(last, i);
+	return out;
+}