Source code for inspirehep.utils.latex

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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

import latexcodec  # noqa: F401
import re
from six import text_type


def decode_latex(latex_text):
    """Decode latex text.

    Args:
        latex_text (str): a latex text.

    Returns:
        str: the latex text decoded.
    """
    if not isinstance(latex_text, text_type):
        latex_text = text_type(latex_text, 'utf8')

    return re.sub('{|}', '', latex_text.decode('ulatex+utf8'))