eastasianwidth

What is eastasianwidth?

The eastasianwidth npm package is a utility for determining the East Asian Width property of Unicode characters, which is useful for handling text display in console applications or any other context where monospaced font rendering is involved. It helps to classify characters based on their expected display width, especially when dealing with East Asian characters.

What are eastasianwidth's main functionalities?

Check character width

This feature allows you to check the East Asian Width property of a character. The output 'F' indicates that the character is a fullwidth character.

"use strict";
const eastasianwidth = require('eastasianwidth');

let char = 'あ';
let width = eastasianwidth.eastAsianWidth(char);
console.log(width); // Output: 'F' (Fullwidth)

Determine if a character is fullwidth

This feature provides a boolean indicating whether a character is fullwidth or not.

"use strict";
const eastasianwidth = require('eastasianwidth');

let char = 'あ';
let isFullwidth = eastasianwidth.isFullwidth(char);
console.log(isFullwidth); // Output: true

Determine if a character is halfwidth

This feature provides a boolean indicating whether a character is halfwidth or not.

"use strict";
const eastasianwidth = require('eastasianwidth');

let char = 'ｱ'; // Halfwidth Katakana Letter A
let isHalfwidth = eastasianwidth.isHalfwidth(char);
console.log(isHalfwidth); // Output: true

Other packages similar to eastasianwidth

string-width

The string-width package is used to calculate and return the visual width of a string in terminal, taking into account East Asian Width. It is similar to eastasianwidth but works on strings rather than individual characters.

wcwidth

The wcwidth package is another utility for determining the number of terminal column cells a string will occupy. It's based on the wcwidth() function defined in POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008, which is similar to what eastasianwidth does but with a focus on compatibility with POSIX standards.

README

East Asian Width

Get East Asian Width from a character.

'F'(Fullwidth), 'H'(Halfwidth), 'W'(Wide), 'Na'(Narrow), 'A'(Ambiguous) or 'N'(Natural).

Original Code is 東アジアの文字幅 (East Asian Width) の判定 - 中途.

Install

$ npm install eastasianwidth

Usage

var eastasianwidth = require('eastasianwidth');
console.log(eastasianwidth.eastAsianWidth('￦')) // 'F'
console.log(eastasianwidth.eastAsianWidth('｡')) // 'H'
console.log(eastasianwidth.eastAsianWidth('뀀')) // 'W'
console.log(eastasianwidth.eastAsianWidth('a')) // 'Na'
console.log(eastasianwidth.eastAsianWidth('①')) // 'A'
console.log(eastasianwidth.eastAsianWidth('ف')) // 'N'