/**
 * Encodes a String.
 * The characters `&<>"'/` are encoded.
 * If str is undefined or null an empty string will be returned.
 *
 * @param str String that should be encoded
 * @returns encoded String
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import escape from "../string-escape";
 *
 * let escapedHtml = escape("hello <b>World</b>");
 * escapedHtml === "hello &lt;b&gt;World&lt;&#x2F;b&gt;";
 * ```
 */
declare function stringEscape(str: string | number): string;

export { stringEscape as default, stringEscape as escapeHtml, stringEscape };