unicodeutil 14.0a1

Classes and functions for working with Unicode data.

Python classes and functions for working with Unicode® data. This was initially built with Python 2 in mind but has also been tested with Python 3, PyPy and PyPy3.

Dependencies

This package has the following external dependencies:

• six - for Python 2 to 3 compatibility

Case folding function

casefold(s) is a function for performing case folding per section 3.13 of the Unicode® Standard. Also see the W3C page on case folding for more information on what case folding is.

Python 3.3 and newer has str.casefold() already built in. This is my attempt at building a case folding function to use with Python 2 and as such was initially only tested with Python 2.7.14. It essentially parses the CaseFolding.txt file that is included in the Unicode® Character Database to build a dictionary that is then used as a lookup table to create a copy of the input string that has been transformed to facilitate caseless comparisons.

A bit more information about how I put this together on my blog.

By default, the casefold(s) function performs full case folding. To use simple case folding, pass the parameter fullcasefold=False (the default is fullcasefold=True). See the comments in CaseFolding.txt for an explanation of the difference between simple and full case folding.

By default, the casefold(s) function will not use the Turkic special case mappings for dotted and dotless ‘i’. To use the Turkic mapping, pass the parameter useturkicmapping=True to the function. See the following web pages for more information on the dotted vs dotless ‘i’:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotted_and_dotless_I

• http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/turkish-i18n.html#problem

Example usage

Using Python 2:

>>> from unicodeutil import casefold
>>> s1 = u"weiß"
>>> s2 = u"WEISS"
>>> casefold(s1) == casefold(s2)
True
>>> s1 = u"LİMANI"
>>> s2 = u"limanı"
>>> casefold(s1) == casefold(s2)
False
>>> casefold(s1, useturkicmapping=True) == casefold(s2, useturkicmapping=True)
True

Splitting a Python 2 string into chars, preserving surrogate pairs

The preservesurrogates(s) function will split a string into a list of characters, preserving surrogate pairs.

Example usage

Using Python 2:

>>> from unicodeutil import preservesurrogates
>>> s = u"ABC\U0001e900DeF\U000118a0gHıİ"
>>> list(s)
[u'A', u'B', u'C', u'\ud83a', u'\udd00', u'D', u'e', u'F', u'\ud806', u'\udca0', u'g', u'H', u'\u0131', u'\u0130']
>>> for c in s:
...     print c
...
A
B
C
???
???
D
e
F
???
???
g
H
ı
İ
>>> list(preservesurrogates(s))
[u'A', u'B', u'C', u'\U0001e900', u'D', u'e', u'F', u'\U000118a0', u'g', u'H', u'\u0131', u'\u0130']
>>> for c in preservesurrogates(s):
...     print(c)
...
A
B
C
𞤀
D
e
F
𑢠
g
H
ı
İ

Using the latest Unicode® Character Database (UCD)

For the Python 2.7.x line, the unicodedata module in Python 2.7.17 is still using data from version 5.2.0 of the UCD. Python 3 releases prior to the 3.9.x line are also still not on the latest version of the UCD e.g. the unicodedata module in Python 3.8.10 is still using data from version 12.1.0 of the UCD. The UCD is currently up to version 13.0.0.

The UnicodeCharacter namedtuple encapsulates the various properties associated with each Unicode® character, as explained in Unicode Standard Annex #44, UnicodeData.txt.

The UnicodeData class represents the contents of the UCD as parsed from the latest UnicodeData.txt found on the Unicode Consortium FTP site. Once an instance of the UnicodeData class has been created, it is possible to do dict style lookups using the Unicode scalar value, lookup by Unicode character by using the lookup_by_char(c) method, or lookups by name using the lookup_by_name(name) and lookup_by_partial_name(partial_name) methods. The name lookup uses the UAX44-LM2 loose matching rule when doing lookups. Iterating through all of the data is also possible via items(), keys() and values() methods.

The UnicodeBlocks class encapsulates the block information associated with a Unicode character. Once an instance of the UnicodeBlocks class has been created, it is possible to get the Block name associated with a particular Unicode character by either doing dict style lookups using the Unicode scalar value, or using the lookup_by_char(c) method to lookup by Unicode character. Iterating through all of the data is also possible via the items(), keys() and values() methods.

Example usage

Using Python 2:

>>> from unicodeutil import UnicodeBlocks, UnicodeData
>>> ucd = UnicodeData()
>>> ucd[0x00df]
UnicodeCharacter(code=u'U+00DF', name='LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S', category='Ll', combining=0, bidi='L', decomposition='', decimal='', digit='', numeric='', mirrored='N', unicode_1_name='', iso_comment='', uppercase='', lowercase='', titlecase='')
>>> ucd[0x0130].name
'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE'
>>> ucd.lookup_by_char(u"ᜊ")
UnicodeCharacter(code=u'U+170A', name=u'TAGALOG LETTER BA', category=u'Lo', combining=0, bidi=u'L', decomposition=u'', decimal=u'', digit=u'', numeric=u'', mirrored=u'N', unicode_1_name=u'', iso_comment=u'', uppercase=u'', lowercase=u'', titlecase=u'')
>>> ucd.lookup_by_name("latin small letter sharp_s")
UnicodeCharacter(code=u'U+00DF', name='LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S', category='Ll', combining=0, bidi='L', decomposition='', decimal='', digit='', numeric='', mirrored='N', unicode_1_name='', iso_comment='', uppercase='', lowercase='', titlecase='')
>>> blocks = UnicodeBlocks()
>>> blocks[0x00DF]
u'Latin-1 Supplement'
>>> blocks.lookup_by_char(u"ẞ")
u'Latin Extended Additional'

Composing and decomposing Hangul Syllables

The function compose_hangul_syllable(jamo) takes a tuple or list of Unicode scalar values of Jamo and returns its equivalent precomposed Hangul syllable. The complementary function decompose_hangul_syllable(hangul_syllable, fully_decompose=False) takes the Unicode scalar value of a hangul syllable and will either do a canonical decomposition (default, fully_decompose=False) or a full canonical decomposition (fully_decompose=True) of a Hangul syllable. The return value will be a tuple of Unicode scalar values corresponding to the Jamo that the Hangul syllable has been decomposed into. For example (taken from the Unicode Standard, ch. 03, section 3.12, Conjoing Jamo Behavior):

U+D4DB <-> <U+D4CC, U+11B6>  # Canonical Decomposition (default)
U+D4CC <-> <U+1111, U+1171>
U+D4DB <-> <U+1111, U+1171, U+11B6>  # Full Canonical Decomposition

Example usage:

The following sample code snippet:

import sys

from unicodeutil import UnicodeData, compose_hangul_syllable, \
                        decompose_hangul_syllable

ucd = None


def pprint_composed(jamo):
    hangul = compose_hangul_syllable(jamo)
    hangul_data = ucd[hangul]
    print("<{0}> -> {1}".format(
        ", ".join([" ".join([jamo_data.code, jamo_data.name])
                   for jamo_data in [ucd[j] for j in jamo]]),
        " ".join([hangul_data.code, hangul_data.name])
    ))


def pprint_decomposed(hangul, decomposition):
    hangul_data = ucd[hangul]
    print("{0} -> <{1}>".format(
        " ".join([hangul_data.code, hangul_data.name]),
        ", ".join([" ".join([jamo_data.code, jamo_data.name])
                   for jamo_data in [ucd[jamo]
                                     for jamo in decomposition if jamo]])
    ))


def main():
    if len(sys.argv) not in {2, 3, 4}:
        print("Invalid number of arguments!")
        sys.exit(1)
    global ucd
    ucd = UnicodeData()
    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
        hangul = int(sys.argv[1], 16)
        print("Canonical Decomposition:")
        pprint_decomposed(hangul,
                          decompose_hangul_syllable(hangul,
                                                    fully_decompose=False))
        print("Full Canonical Decomposition:")
        pprint_decomposed(hangul,
                          decompose_hangul_syllable(hangul,
                                                    fully_decompose=True))
    elif len(sys.argv) in {3, 4}:
        print("Composition:")
        pprint_composed(tuple([int(arg, 16) for arg in sys.argv[1:]]))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Will produce the following (tested in Python 2 and Python 3):

$ python pprint_hangul.py 0xD4DB
Canonical Decomposition:
U+D4DB HANGUL SYLLABLE PWILH -> <U+D4CC HANGUL SYLLABLE PWI, U+11B6 HANGUL JONGSEONG RIEUL-HIEUH>
Full Canonical Decomposition:
U+D4DB HANGUL SYLLABLE PWILH -> <U+1111 HANGUL CHOSEONG PHIEUPH, U+1171 HANGUL JUNGSEONG WI, U+11B6 HANGUL JONGSEONG RIEUL-HIEUH>
$ python3 pprint_hangul.py 0xD4CC 0x11B6
Composition:
<U+D4CC HANGUL SYLLABLE PWI, U+11B6 HANGUL JONGSEONG RIEUL-HIEUH> -> U+D4DB HANGUL SYLLABLE PWILH
$ pypy pprint_hangul.py 0x1111 0x1171 0x11b6
Composition:
<U+1111 HANGUL CHOSEONG PHIEUPH, U+1171 HANGUL JUNGSEONG WI, U+11B6 HANGUL JONGSEONG RIEUL-HIEUH> -> U+D4DB HANGUL SYLLABLE PWILH

License

This is released under an MIT license. See the LICENSE file in this repository for more information.

The included Blocks.txt, CaseFolding.txt, HangulSyllableType.txt, Jamo.txt and UnicodeData.txt files are part of the Unicode® Character Database that is published by Unicode, Inc. Please consult the Unicode® Terms of Use prior to use.