Package wchartype :: Module wchartype

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Module wchartype

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wchartype Retrieves character types of double-byte (full-width) characters.

Version: 0.1

Author: Ryan Ginstrom

License: MIT

Functions

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is_asian(char)
Is the character Asian?

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is_full_width(char)
Is the character full width? It will be full width if it's Asian or an ideographic space.

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is_kanji(char)
Returns whether char is kanji (or Chinese)

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is_hanzi(char)
Returns whether char is kanji (or Chinese)

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is_hiragana(char)
Returns whether char is hiragana

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is_katakana(char)
Returns whether char is katakana

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is_half_katakana(char)
Returns whether char is half-width katakana

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is_hangul(char)
Returns whether char is hangul

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is_full_punct(char)
Returns whether char is full-width punctuation

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is_full_digit(char)
Returns whether char is full-width digit

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is_full_letter(char)
Returns whether char is full-width letter.

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_test()
Run doc tests

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Variables

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__description__ = 'Retrieves character types of double-byte ch...

IDEOGRAPHIC_SPACE = 12288

Function Details

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is_asian(char)

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Is the character Asian?

>>> is_asian('a')
False
>>> is_asian(u'\u65e5')
True
>>> is_asian(unichr(0x3000))
False

is_full_width(char)

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Is the character full width? It will be full width if it's Asian or an ideographic space.

>>> is_full_width('a')
False
>>> is_full_width(u'\u65e5')
True
>>> is_full_width(unichr(0x3000))
True

is_kanji(char)

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Returns whether char is kanji (or Chinese)

>>> is_kanji(u'\u4E40')
True
>>> is_kanji(u"a")
False

is_hanzi(char)

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Returns whether char is kanji (or Chinese)

>>> is_kanji(u'\u4E40')
True
>>> is_kanji(u"a")
False

is_hiragana(char)

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Returns whether char is hiragana

>>> is_hiragana(u'a')
False
>>> is_hiragana(u'\u308F') # わ
True
>>> is_hiragana(u'\u30EA') # リ
False

is_katakana(char)

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Returns whether char is katakana

>>> is_katakana(u'$')
False
>>> is_katakana(u'\u30EA') # リ
True
>>> is_katakana(u'\u308F') # わ
False

is_half_katakana(char)

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Returns whether char is half-width katakana

>>> is_half_katakana(u'$')
False
>>> is_half_katakana(u'\uFF91') # ﾑ
True
>>> is_half_katakana(u'\u30EA') # リ
False

is_hangul(char)

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Returns whether char is hangul

>>> is_hangul(u'1')
False

# halfwidth hangul >>> is_hangul(u'\uFFB8') # HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER CIEUC True

# fullwidth hangul >>> is_hangul(u'\uB973') # 륳 True

>>> is_hangul(u'\u30EA') # リ
False

is_full_punct(char)

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Returns whether char is full-width punctuation

>>> is_full_punct(u'$')
False
>>> is_full_punct(u'\uFF05') # ％
True
>>> is_full_punct(u'\uFF1E') # ＞
True
>>> is_full_punct(u'\uFF3D') # ］
True
>>> is_full_punct(u'\uFF5B') # ｛
True
>>> is_full_punct(u'\u30EA') # リ
False

is_full_digit(char)

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Returns whether char is full-width digit

>>> is_full_digit(u'1')
False
>>> is_full_digit(u'\uFF15') # ５
True
>>> is_full_digit(u'\uFF05') # ％
False

is_full_letter(char)

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Returns whether char is full-width letter. This differs from the built-in isalpha method for strings, because isalpha will return True for CJK characters.

>>> is_full_letter(u'\u308F') # hiragana wa (わ)
False
>>> u'\u308F'.isalpha() # hiragana wa (わ)
True

>>> is_full_letter(u'A')
False
>>> is_full_letter(u'\uFF31') # Ｑ
True
>>> is_full_letter(u'\uFF4A') # ｊ
True
>>> is_full_letter(u'\u30EA') # リ
False
>>> is_full_letter(u'\uFF15') # ５
False

Variables Details

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description

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'Retrieves character types of double-byte characters.'