Provided the character entity name entname, this function returns the unicode equivalent. For example, if you were to give entname the value of 'Theta', the function would return the value 920.

If there is no unicode equivalent for the character entity entname, the function returns a zero (0).

Note that the available character entity names depend on the document type you are using. Use the Arbortext-path\lib\charent.cf file a reference to character entity names.