How to properly decode accented characters for display

Question

My raw input file text file contains a string:

Caf&eacute (Should be Café)

The text file is a UTF8 file.

The output lets say is to another text file, so its not necessarily for a web page.

What C# method(s) can i use to output the correct format, Café?

Apparently a common problem?

Answer 1

Have you tried System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode("Café")? it returns 538M results

Answer 2

This is HTML encoded text. You need to decode it:

string decoded = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(text);

UPDATE: french symbol "é" has HTML code "é" so, you need to fix your input string.