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+var basePropertyOf = require('./_basePropertyOf');
+
+/** Used to map characters to HTML entities. */
+var htmlEscapes = {
+ '&': '&',
+ '<': '<',
+ '>': '>',
+ '"': '"',
+ "'": '''
+};
+
+/**
+ * Used by `_.escape` to convert characters to HTML entities.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {string} chr The matched character to escape.
+ * @returns {string} Returns the escaped character.
+ */
+var escapeHtmlChar = basePropertyOf(htmlEscapes);
+
+module.exports = escapeHtmlChar;