tinyunicodeblock 1.1.0

A tiny utility to get the Unicode block of a character

tinyunicodeblock

A tiny utility to get the Unicode block of a character

This module provides only one ability that is absent from the built-in module unicodedata.
It contains one function, block(), which returns the name of a Unicode block that a character belongs to.

You may also access basic Unicode block information by getting items from BLOCKS_BYNAME.

Table of contents

• 📦 Installation
• 🛠 Usage
• 📰 Changelog
• 📜 License

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📦 Installation

tinyunicodeblock is available on PyPi. It requires a Python version of at least 3.7.0. and depends on no packages.

To install with pip:

python -m pip install tinyunicodeblock

To install through Git:

python -m pip install git+https://gitlab.com/whoatemybutter/tinyunicodeblock.git

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🛠 Usage

Only one function is publicly available, block(character). It will return the name of a Unicode block that character belongs to.

Block ranges are also available in the BLOCKS_BYNAME dictionary.

>>> import tinyunicodeblock
>>> tinyunicodeblock.block("a")
'Basic Latin'
>>> tinyunicodeblock.block("\ufdfd")
'Arabic Presentation Forms-A'
>>> tinyunicodeblock.block("\ue845")
'Private Use Area'
>>> tinyunicodeblock.block("\ue845")
'Private Use Area'
>>> tinyunicodeblock.block("\U0009FFFF")
'No Block'
>>> tinyunicodeblock.BLOCKS_BYNAME["Basic Latin"]
(0, 127)

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📰 Changelog

The changelog is at CHANGELOG.md.

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📜 License

tinyunicodeblock is licensed under GNU General Public License 3.0 or later.