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# @babel/plugin-transform-literals
> Compile ES2015 unicode string and number literals to ES5
## Example
**In**
```js
var b = 0b11; // binary integer literal
var o = 0o7; // octal integer literal
const u = 'Hello\u{000A}\u{0009}!'; // unicode string literals, newline and tab
```
**Out**
```js
var b = 3; // binary integer literal
var o = 7; // octal integer literal
const u = 'Hello\n\t!'; // unicode string literals, newline and tab
```
## Installation
```sh
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-literals
```
## Usage
### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended)
**.babelrc**
```json
{
"plugins": ["@babel/plugin-transform-literals"]
}
```
### Via CLI
```sh
babel --plugins @babel/plugin-transform-literals script.js
```
### Via Node API
```javascript
require("@babel/core").transform("code", {
plugins: ["@babel/plugin-transform-literals"]
});
```