numstr = '0%s' % numstr
else:
base = 10
- return compat_chr(int(numstr, base))
+ # See https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7518
+ try:
+ return compat_chr(int(numstr, base))
+ except ValueError:
+ pass
# Unknown entity in name, return its literal representation
- return ('&%s;' % entity)
+ return '&%s;' % entity
def unescapeHTML(s):