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Documentation for the unicodedata module (massaged by Fred for minor consistency issues).
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72 lines
2.6 KiB
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\section{\module{unicodedata} ---
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Unicode Database}
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\declaremodule{standard}{unicodedata}
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\modulesynopsis{Access the Unicode Database.}
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\moduleauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@lemburg.com}
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\sectionauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@lemburg.com}
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\index{Unicode}
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\index{character}
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\indexii{Unicode}{database}
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This module provides access to the Unicode Character Database which
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defines character properties for all Unicode characters. The data in
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this database is based on the \file{UnicodeData.txt} file version
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3.0.0 which is publically available from \url{ftp://ftp.unicode.org/}.
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The module uses the same names and symbols as defined by the
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UnicodeData File Format 3.0.0 (see
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\url{ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.html}). It
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defines the following functions:
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\begin{funcdesc}{decimal}{unichr\optional{, default}}
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Returns the decimal value assigned to the Unicode character
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\var{unichr} as integer. If no such value is defined,
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\var{default} is returned, or, if not given,
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\exception{ValueError} is raised.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{digit}{unichr\optional{, default}}
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Returns the digit value assigned to the Unicode character
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\var{unichr} as integer. If no such value is defined,
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\var{default} is returned, or, if not given,
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\exception{ValueError} is raised.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{numeric}{unichr\optional{, default}}
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Returns the numeric value assigned to the Unicode character
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\var{unichr} as float. If no such value is defined, \var{default} is
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returned, or, if not given, \exception{ValueError} is raised.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{category}{unichr}
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Returns the general category assigned to the Unicode character
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\var{unichr} as string.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{bidirectional}{unichr}
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Returns the bidirectional category assigned to the Unicode character
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\var{unichr} as string. If no such value is defined, an empty string
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is returned.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{combining}{unichr}
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Returns the canonical combining class assigned to the Unicode
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character \var{unichr} as integer. Returns \code{0} if no combining
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class is defined.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{mirrored}{unichr}
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Returns the mirrored property of assigned to the Unicode character
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\var{unichr} as integer. Returns \code{1} if the character has been
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identified as a ``mirrored'' character in bidirectional text,
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\code{0} otherwise.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{decomposition}{unichr}
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Returns the character decomposition mapping assigned to the Unicode
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character \var{unichr} as string. An empty string is returned in case
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no such mapping is defined.
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\end{funcdesc}
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