unicode-string

unicode-string

This is a collection of unicode-aware string functions intended to be required as standalone modules.

Install

$ npm install unicode-string

Usage

var length = require('unicode-string/length')
var chars = require('unicode-string/chars')
var substring = require('unicode-string/substring')
var substr = require('unicode-string/substr')

var string = 'o 🇨🇦'

// length
console.log(string.length)
=> 6
console.log(length(string))
=> 3

// chars (ie. split(''))
console.log(string.split(''))
=> [ 'o', ' ', '�', '�', '�', '�' ]
console.log(chars(string))
=> [ 'o', ' ', '🇨🇦' ]

// substring
console.log(string.substring(2, 3))
=> �
console.log(substring(string, 2, 3))
=> 🇨🇦

// substr
console.log(string.substr(2, 1))
=> �
console.log(substr(string, 2, 1))
=> 🇨🇦

index.js weight (browserified)

compression	size
unicode-string.js	2.5 kB
unicode-string.min.js	1.77 kB
unicode-string.min.js.gz	721 B

License

MIT