unicode-property-value-aliases

unicode-property-value-aliases

unicode-property-value-aliases offers Unicode property value alias mappings in an easy-to-consume JavaScript format.

It only contains the Unicode property names and values that are supported in ECMAScript RegExp property escapes.

It’s based on the PropertyValueAliases.txt data for Unicode v9.0.0.

Installation

To use unicode-property-value-aliases programmatically, install it as a dependency via npm:

$ npm install unicode-property-value-aliases

Then, require it:

const propertyValueAliases = require('unicode-property-value-aliases');

Usage

This module exports a Map object of which the keys are canonical property names and the values are Maps from property value aliases to canonical property value names. The most common usage is to convert a property value alias to its canonical form:

propertyValueAliases.get(property).get(propertyValue)

Examples:

propertyValueAliases.get('Bidi_Class').get('AL')
// → 'Arabic_Letter'

propertyValueAliases.get('Block').get('Alphabetic_PF')
// → 'Alphabetic_Presentation_Forms'

propertyValueAliases.get('Canonical_Combining_Class').get('KV')
// → 'Kana_Voicing'

Author

Mathias Bynens

License

unicode-property-value-aliases is available under the MIT license.