string-character-is-astral-surrogate

Tells, is given character a part of astral character, specifically, a high and low surrogate

Install

This package is pure ESM. If you're not ready yet, install an older version of this program, 1.13.0 (npm i string-character-is-astral-surrogate@1.13.0).

npm i string-character-is-astral-surrogate

Quick Take

import { strict as assert } from "assert";

import {
  isHighSurrogate,
  isLowSurrogate,
} from "string-character-is-astral-surrogate";

// 🧢 = \uD83E\uDDE2

assert.equal(isHighSurrogate("\uD83E"), true);
// the first character, high surrogate of the cap is indeed a high surrogate

assert.equal(isHighSurrogate("\uDDE2"), false);
// the second character, low surrogate of the cap is NOT a high surrogate

assert.equal(isLowSurrogate("\uD83E"), false);
// the first character, high surrogate of the cap is NOT a low surrogate
// it's a high surrogate

assert.equal(isLowSurrogate("\uDDE2"), true);
// the second character, low surrogate of the cap is indeed a low surrogate

Documentation

Please visit codsen.com for a full description of the API.

Contributing

To report bugs or request features or assistance, raise an issue on GitHub.

Licence

MIT License

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