5 no warnings 'surrogate'; # surrogates can be inputs to this
12 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
14 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(charinfo
16 charblocks charscripts
20 general_categories bidi_types
22 casefold all_casefolds casespec
36 sub IS_ASCII_PLATFORM { ord("A") == 65 }
40 Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database
44 use Unicode::UCD 'charinfo';
45 my $charinfo = charinfo($codepoint);
47 use Unicode::UCD 'charprop';
48 my $value = charprop($codepoint, $property);
50 use Unicode::UCD 'charprops_all';
51 my $all_values_hash_ref = charprops_all($codepoint);
53 use Unicode::UCD 'casefold';
54 my $casefold = casefold($codepoint);
56 use Unicode::UCD 'all_casefolds';
57 my $all_casefolds_ref = all_casefolds();
59 use Unicode::UCD 'casespec';
60 my $casespec = casespec($codepoint);
62 use Unicode::UCD 'charblock';
63 my $charblock = charblock($codepoint);
65 use Unicode::UCD 'charscript';
66 my $charscript = charscript($codepoint);
68 use Unicode::UCD 'charblocks';
69 my $charblocks = charblocks();
71 use Unicode::UCD 'charscripts';
72 my $charscripts = charscripts();
74 use Unicode::UCD qw(charscript charinrange);
75 my $range = charscript($script);
76 print "looks like $script\n" if charinrange($range, $codepoint);
78 use Unicode::UCD qw(general_categories bidi_types);
79 my $categories = general_categories();
80 my $types = bidi_types();
82 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_aliases';
83 my @space_names = prop_aliases("space");
85 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_value_aliases';
86 my @gc_punct_names = prop_value_aliases("Gc", "Punct");
88 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_values';
89 my @all_EA_short_names = prop_values("East_Asian_Width");
91 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_invlist';
92 my @puncts = prop_invlist("gc=punctuation");
94 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_invmap';
95 my ($list_ref, $map_ref, $format, $missing)
96 = prop_invmap("General Category");
98 use Unicode::UCD 'search_invlist';
99 my $index = search_invlist(\@invlist, $code_point);
101 # The following function should be used only internally in
102 # implementations of the Unicode Normalization Algorithm, and there
103 # are better choices than it.
104 use Unicode::UCD 'compexcl';
105 my $compexcl = compexcl($codepoint);
107 use Unicode::UCD 'namedseq';
108 my $namedseq = namedseq($named_sequence_name);
110 my $unicode_version = Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion();
112 my $convert_to_numeric =
113 Unicode::UCD::num("\N{RUMI DIGIT ONE}\N{RUMI DIGIT TWO}");
117 The Unicode::UCD module offers a series of functions that
118 provide a simple interface to the Unicode
121 =head2 code point argument
123 Some of the functions are called with a I<code point argument>, which is either
124 a decimal or a hexadecimal scalar designating a code point in the platform's
125 native character set (extended to Unicode), or a string containing C<U+>
126 followed by hexadecimals
127 designating a Unicode code point. A leading 0 will force a hexadecimal
128 interpretation, as will a hexadecimal digit that isn't a decimal digit.
132 223 # Decimal 223 in native character set
133 0223 # Hexadecimal 223, native (= 547 decimal)
134 0xDF # Hexadecimal DF, native (= 223 decimal)
135 '0xDF' # String form of hexadecimal (= 223 decimal)
136 'U+DF' # Hexadecimal DF, in Unicode's character set
137 (= LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S)
139 Note that the largest code point in Unicode is U+10FFFF.
143 my $v_unicode_version; # v-string.
150 my $f = File::Spec->catfile($d, "unicore", @path);
151 return $rfh if open($rfh, '<', $f);
153 croak __PACKAGE__, ": failed to find ",
154 File::Spec->catfile("unicore", @path), " in @INC";
157 sub _dclone ($) { # Use Storable::dclone if available; otherwise emulate it.
159 use if defined &DynaLoader::boot_DynaLoader, Storable => qw(dclone);
161 return dclone(shift) if defined &dclone;
165 return $arg unless $type; # No deep cloning needed for scalars
167 if ($type eq 'ARRAY') {
169 foreach my $element (@$arg) {
170 push @return, &_dclone($element);
174 elsif ($type eq 'HASH') {
176 foreach my $key (keys %$arg) {
177 $return{$key} = &_dclone($arg->{$key});
182 croak "_dclone can't handle " . $type;
188 use Unicode::UCD 'charinfo';
190 my $charinfo = charinfo(0x41);
192 This returns information about the input L</code point argument>
193 as a reference to a hash of fields as defined by the Unicode
194 standard. If the L</code point argument> is not assigned in the standard
195 (i.e., has the general category C<Cn> meaning C<Unassigned>)
196 or is a non-character (meaning it is guaranteed to never be assigned in
198 C<undef> is returned.
200 Fields that aren't applicable to the particular code point argument exist in the
201 returned hash, and are empty.
203 For results that are less "raw" than this function returns, or to get the values for
204 any property, not just the few covered by this function, use the
205 L</charprop()> function.
207 The keys in the hash with the meanings of their values are:
213 the input native L</code point argument> expressed in hexadecimal, with
215 added if necessary to make it contain at least four hexdigits
219 name of I<code>, all IN UPPER CASE.
220 Some control-type code points do not have names.
221 This field will be empty for C<Surrogate> and C<Private Use> code points,
222 and for the others without a name,
223 it will contain a description enclosed in angle brackets, like
224 C<E<lt>controlE<gt>>.
229 The short name of the general category of I<code>.
230 This will match one of the keys in the hash returned by L</general_categories()>.
232 The L</prop_value_aliases()> function can be used to get all the synonyms
233 of the category name.
237 the combining class number for I<code> used in the Canonical Ordering Algorithm.
238 For Unicode 5.1, this is described in Section 3.11 C<Canonical Ordering Behavior>
240 L<http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.1.0/>
242 The L</prop_value_aliases()> function can be used to get all the synonyms
243 of the combining class number.
247 bidirectional type of I<code>.
248 This will match one of the keys in the hash returned by L</bidi_types()>.
250 The L</prop_value_aliases()> function can be used to get all the synonyms
251 of the bidi type name.
253 =item B<decomposition>
255 is empty if I<code> has no decomposition; or is one or more codes
256 (separated by spaces) that, taken in order, represent a decomposition for
257 I<code>. Each has at least four hexdigits.
258 The codes may be preceded by a word enclosed in angle brackets, then a space,
259 like C<E<lt>compatE<gt> >, giving the type of decomposition
261 This decomposition may be an intermediate one whose components are also
262 decomposable. Use L<Unicode::Normalize> to get the final decomposition in one
267 if I<code> represents a decimal digit this is its integer numeric value
271 if I<code> represents some other digit-like number, this is its integer
276 if I<code> represents a whole or rational number, this is its numeric value.
277 Rational values are expressed as a string like C<1/4>.
281 C<Y> or C<N> designating if I<code> is mirrored in bidirectional text
285 name of I<code> in the Unicode 1.0 standard if one
286 existed for this code point and is different from the current name
290 As of Unicode 6.0, this is always empty.
294 is, if non-empty, the uppercase mapping for I<code> expressed as at least four
295 hexdigits. This indicates that the full uppercase mapping is a single
296 character, and is identical to the simple (single-character only) mapping.
297 When this field is empty, it means that the simple uppercase mapping is
298 I<code> itself; you'll need some other means, (like L</charprop()> or
299 L</casespec()> to get the full mapping.
303 is, if non-empty, the lowercase mapping for I<code> expressed as at least four
304 hexdigits. This indicates that the full lowercase mapping is a single
305 character, and is identical to the simple (single-character only) mapping.
306 When this field is empty, it means that the simple lowercase mapping is
307 I<code> itself; you'll need some other means, (like L</charprop()> or
308 L</casespec()> to get the full mapping.
312 is, if non-empty, the titlecase mapping for I<code> expressed as at least four
313 hexdigits. This indicates that the full titlecase mapping is a single
314 character, and is identical to the simple (single-character only) mapping.
315 When this field is empty, it means that the simple titlecase mapping is
316 I<code> itself; you'll need some other means, (like L</charprop()> or
317 L</casespec()> to get the full mapping.
321 the block I<code> belongs to (used in C<\p{Blk=...}>).
322 The L</prop_value_aliases()> function can be used to get all the synonyms
325 See L</Blocks versus Scripts>.
329 the script I<code> belongs to.
330 The L</prop_value_aliases()> function can be used to get all the synonyms
331 of the script name. Note that this is the older "Script" property value, and
332 not the improved "Script_Extensions" value.
334 See L</Blocks versus Scripts>.
338 Note that you cannot do (de)composition and casing based solely on the
339 I<decomposition>, I<combining>, I<lower>, I<upper>, and I<title> fields; you
340 will need also the L</casespec()> function and the C<Composition_Exclusion>
341 property. (Or you could just use the L<lc()|perlfunc/lc>,
342 L<uc()|perlfunc/uc>, and L<ucfirst()|perlfunc/ucfirst> functions, and the
343 L<Unicode::Normalize> module.)
347 # NB: This function is nearly duplicated in charnames.pm
351 if ($arg =~ /^[1-9]\d*$/) {
354 elsif ($arg =~ /^(?:0[xX])?([[:xdigit:]]+)$/) {
355 return CORE::hex($1);
357 elsif ($arg =~ /^[Uu]\+([[:xdigit:]]+)$/) { # Is of form U+0000, means
358 # wants the Unicode code
359 # point, not the native one
360 my $decimal = CORE::hex($1);
361 return $decimal if IS_ASCII_PLATFORM;
362 return utf8::unicode_to_native($decimal);
368 # Populated by _num. Converts real number back to input rational
369 my %real_to_rational;
371 # To store the contents of files found on disk.
382 # Eval'd so can run on versions earlier than the property is available in
383 my $Hangul_Syllables_re = eval 'qr/\p{Block=Hangul_Syllables}/';
387 # This function has traditionally mimicked what is in UnicodeData.txt,
388 # warts and all. This is a re-write that avoids UnicodeData.txt so that
389 # it can be removed to save disk space. Instead, this assembles
390 # information gotten by other methods that get data from various other
391 # files. It uses charnames to get the character name; and various
394 use feature 'unicode_strings';
396 # Will fail if called under minitest
397 use if defined &DynaLoader::boot_DynaLoader, "Unicode::Normalize" => qw(getCombinClass NFD);
400 my $code = _getcode($arg);
401 croak __PACKAGE__, "::charinfo: unknown code '$arg'" unless defined $code;
403 # Non-unicode implies undef.
404 return if $code > 0x10FFFF;
407 my $char = chr($code);
409 @CATEGORIES =_read_table("To/Gc.pl") unless @CATEGORIES;
410 $prop{'category'} = _search(\@CATEGORIES, 0, $#CATEGORIES, $code)
411 // $utf8::SwashInfo{'ToGc'}{'missing'};
412 # Return undef if category value is 'Unassigned' or one of its synonyms
413 return if grep { lc $_ eq 'unassigned' }
414 prop_value_aliases('Gc', $prop{'category'});
416 $prop{'code'} = sprintf "%04X", $code;
417 $prop{'name'} = ($char =~ /\p{Cntrl}/) ? '<control>'
418 : (charnames::viacode($code) // "");
420 $prop{'combining'} = getCombinClass($code);
422 @BIDIS =_read_table("To/Bc.pl") unless @BIDIS;
423 $prop{'bidi'} = _search(\@BIDIS, 0, $#BIDIS, $code)
424 // $utf8::SwashInfo{'ToBc'}{'missing'};
426 # For most code points, we can just read in "unicore/Decomposition.pl", as
427 # its contents are exactly what should be output. But that file doesn't
428 # contain the data for the Hangul syllable decompositions, which can be
429 # algorithmically computed, and NFD() does that, so we call NFD() for
430 # those. We can't use NFD() for everything, as it does a complete
431 # recursive decomposition, and what this function has always done is to
432 # return what's in UnicodeData.txt which doesn't show that recursiveness.
433 # Fortunately, the NFD() of the Hanguls doesn't have any recursion
435 # Having no decomposition implies an empty field; otherwise, all but
436 # "Canonical" imply a compatible decomposition, and the type is prefixed
437 # to that, as it is in UnicodeData.txt
438 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
439 if ($v_unicode_version ge v2.0.0 && $char =~ $Hangul_Syllables_re) {
440 # The code points of the decomposition are output in standard Unicode
441 # hex format, separated by blanks.
442 $prop{'decomposition'} = join " ", map { sprintf("%04X", $_)}
443 unpack "U*", NFD($char);
446 @DECOMPOSITIONS = _read_table("Decomposition.pl")
447 unless @DECOMPOSITIONS;
448 $prop{'decomposition'} = _search(\@DECOMPOSITIONS, 0, $#DECOMPOSITIONS,
452 # Can use num() to get the numeric values, if any.
453 if (! defined (my $value = num($char))) {
454 $prop{'decimal'} = $prop{'digit'} = $prop{'numeric'} = "";
458 $prop{'decimal'} = $prop{'digit'} = $prop{'numeric'} = $value;
462 # For non-decimal-digits, we have to read in the Numeric type
463 # to distinguish them. It is not just a matter of integer vs.
464 # rational, as some whole number values are not considered digits,
465 # e.g., TAMIL NUMBER TEN.
466 $prop{'decimal'} = "";
468 @NUMERIC_TYPES =_read_table("To/Nt.pl") unless @NUMERIC_TYPES;
469 if ((_search(\@NUMERIC_TYPES, 0, $#NUMERIC_TYPES, $code) // "")
472 $prop{'digit'} = $prop{'numeric'} = $value;
476 $prop{'numeric'} = $real_to_rational{$value} // $value;
481 $prop{'mirrored'} = ($char =~ /\p{Bidi_Mirrored}/) ? 'Y' : 'N';
483 %UNICODE_1_NAMES =_read_table("To/Na1.pl", "use_hash") unless %UNICODE_1_NAMES;
484 $prop{'unicode10'} = $UNICODE_1_NAMES{$code} // "";
486 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
487 if ($v_unicode_version ge v6.0.0) {
488 $prop{'comment'} = "";
491 %ISO_COMMENT = _read_table("To/Isc.pl", "use_hash") unless %ISO_COMMENT;
492 $prop{'comment'} = (defined $ISO_COMMENT{$code})
493 ? $ISO_COMMENT{$code}
497 %SIMPLE_UPPER = _read_table("To/Uc.pl", "use_hash") unless %SIMPLE_UPPER;
498 $prop{'upper'} = (defined $SIMPLE_UPPER{$code})
499 ? sprintf("%04X", $SIMPLE_UPPER{$code})
502 %SIMPLE_LOWER = _read_table("To/Lc.pl", "use_hash") unless %SIMPLE_LOWER;
503 $prop{'lower'} = (defined $SIMPLE_LOWER{$code})
504 ? sprintf("%04X", $SIMPLE_LOWER{$code})
507 %SIMPLE_TITLE = _read_table("To/Tc.pl", "use_hash") unless %SIMPLE_TITLE;
508 $prop{'title'} = (defined $SIMPLE_TITLE{$code})
509 ? sprintf("%04X", $SIMPLE_TITLE{$code})
512 $prop{block} = charblock($code);
513 $prop{script} = charscript($code);
517 sub _search { # Binary search in a [[lo,hi,prop],[...],...] table.
518 my ($table, $lo, $hi, $code) = @_;
522 my $mid = int(($lo+$hi) / 2);
524 if ($table->[$mid]->[0] < $code) {
525 if ($table->[$mid]->[1] >= $code) {
526 return $table->[$mid]->[2];
528 _search($table, $mid + 1, $hi, $code);
530 } elsif ($table->[$mid]->[0] > $code) {
531 _search($table, $lo, $mid - 1, $code);
533 return $table->[$mid]->[2];
537 sub _read_table ($;$) {
539 # Returns the contents of the mktables generated table file located at $1
540 # in the form of either an array of arrays or a hash, depending on if the
541 # optional second parameter is true (for hash return) or not. In the case
542 # of a hash return, each key is a code point, and its corresponding value
543 # is what the table gives as the code point's corresponding value. In the
544 # case of an array return, each outer array denotes a range with [0] the
545 # start point of that range; [1] the end point; and [2] the value that
546 # every code point in the range has. The hash return is useful for fast
547 # lookup when the table contains only single code point ranges. The array
548 # return takes much less memory when there are large ranges.
550 # This function has the side effect of setting
551 # $utf8::SwashInfo{$property}{'format'} to be the mktables format of the
553 # $utf8::SwashInfo{$property}{'missing'} to be the value for all entries
554 # not listed in the table.
555 # where $property is the Unicode property name, preceded by 'To' for map
556 # properties., e.g., 'ToSc'.
558 # Table entries look like one of:
559 # 0000 0040 Common # [65]
563 my $return_hash = shift;
564 $return_hash = 0 unless defined $return_hash;
568 my $list = do "unicore/$table";
570 # Look up if this property requires adjustments, which we do below if it
572 require "unicore/Heavy.pl";
573 my $property = $table =~ s/\.pl//r;
574 $property = $utf8::file_to_swash_name{$property};
575 my $to_adjust = defined $property
576 && $utf8::SwashInfo{$property}{'format'} =~ / ^ a /x;
578 for (split /^/m, $list) {
579 my ($start, $end, $value) = / ^ (.+?) \t (.*?) \t (.+?)
580 \s* ( \# .* )? # Optional comment
582 my $decimal_start = hex $start;
583 my $decimal_end = ($end eq "") ? $decimal_start : hex $end;
584 $value = hex $value if $to_adjust
585 && $utf8::SwashInfo{$property}{'format'} eq 'ax';
587 foreach my $i ($decimal_start .. $decimal_end) {
588 $return{$i} = ($to_adjust)
589 ? $value + $i - $decimal_start
595 && $return[-1][1] == $decimal_start - 1
596 && $return[-1][2] eq $value)
598 # If this is merely extending the previous range, do just that.
599 $return[-1]->[1] = $decimal_end;
602 push @return, [ $decimal_start, $decimal_end, $value ];
605 return ($return_hash) ? %return : @return;
609 my ($range, $arg) = @_;
610 my $code = _getcode($arg);
611 croak __PACKAGE__, "::charinrange: unknown code '$arg'"
612 unless defined $code;
613 _search($range, 0, $#$range, $code);
618 use Unicode::UCD 'charprop';
620 print charprop(0x41, "Gc"), "\n";
621 print charprop(0x61, "General_Category"), "\n";
627 This returns the value of the Unicode property given by the second parameter
628 for the L</code point argument> given by the first.
630 The passed-in property may be specified as any of the synonyms returned by
633 The return value is always a scalar, either a string or a number. For
634 properties where there are synonyms for the values, the synonym returned by
635 this function is the longest, most descriptive form, the one returned by
636 L</prop_value_aliases()> when called in a scalar context. Of course, you can
637 call L</prop_value_aliases()> on the result to get other synonyms.
639 The return values are more "cooked" than the L</charinfo()> ones. For
640 example, the C<"uc"> property value is the actual string containing the full
641 uppercase mapping of the input code point. You have to go to extra trouble
642 with C<charinfo> to get this value from its C<upper> hash element when the
643 full mapping differs from the simple one.
645 Special note should be made of the return values for a few properties:
651 The value returned is the new-style (see L</Old-style versus new-style block
654 =item Decomposition_Mapping
656 Like L</charinfo()>, the result may be an intermediate decomposition whose
657 components are also decomposable. Use L<Unicode::Normalize> to get the final
658 decomposition in one step.
660 Unlike L</charinfo()>, this does not include the decomposition type. Use the
661 C<Decomposition_Type> property to get that.
665 If the input code point's name has more than one synonym, they are returned
666 joined into a single comma-separated string.
670 If the result is a fraction, it is converted into a floating point number to
671 the accuracy of your platform.
673 =item Script_Extensions
675 If the result is multiple script names, they are returned joined into a single
676 comma-separated string.
680 When called with a property that is a Perl extension that isn't expressible in
681 a compound form, this function currently returns C<undef>, as the only two
682 possible values are I<true> or I<false> (1 or 0 I suppose). This behavior may
683 change in the future, so don't write code that relies on it. C<Present_In> is
684 a Perl extension that is expressible in a bipartite or compound form (for
685 example, C<\p{Present_In=4.0}>), so C<charprop> accepts it. But C<Any> is a
686 Perl extension that isn't expressible that way, so C<charprop> returns
687 C<undef> for it. Also C<charprop> returns C<undef> for all Perl extensions
688 that are internal-only.
692 sub charprop ($$;$) {
693 my ($input_cp, $prop, $internal_ok) = @_;
695 my $cp = _getcode($input_cp);
696 croak __PACKAGE__, "::charprop: unknown code point '$input_cp'" unless defined $cp;
698 my ($list_ref, $map_ref, $format, $default)
699 = prop_invmap($prop, $internal_ok);
700 return undef unless defined $list_ref;
702 my $i = search_invlist($list_ref, $cp);
703 croak __PACKAGE__, "::charprop: prop_invmap return is invalid for charprop('$input_cp', '$prop)" unless defined $i;
705 # $i is the index into both the inversion list and map of $cp.
706 my $map = $map_ref->[$i];
708 # Convert enumeration values to their most complete form.
710 my $long_form = prop_value_aliases($prop, $map);
711 $map = $long_form if defined $long_form;
714 if ($format =~ / ^ s /x) { # Scalars
715 return join ",", @$map if ref $map; # Convert to scalar with comma
716 # separated array elements
718 # Resolve ambiguity as to whether an all digit value is a code point
719 # that should be converted to a character, or whether it is really
720 # just a number. To do this, look at the default. If it is a
721 # non-empty number, we can safely assume the result is also a number.
722 if ($map =~ / ^ \d+ $ /ax && $default !~ / ^ \d+ $ /ax) {
725 elsif ($map =~ / ^ (?: Y | N ) $ /x) {
727 # prop_invmap() returns these values for properties that are Perl
728 # extensions. But this is misleading. For now, return undef for
729 # these, as currently documented.
731 exists $Unicode::UCD::prop_aliases{utf8::_loose_name(lc $prop)};
735 elsif ($format eq 'ar') { # numbers, including rationals
736 my $offset = $cp - $list_ref->[$i];
737 return $map if $map =~ /nan/i;
738 return $map + $offset if $offset != 0; # If needs adjustment
739 return eval $map; # Convert e.g., 1/2 to 0.5
741 elsif ($format =~ /^a/) { # Some entries need adjusting
743 # Linearize sequences into a string.
744 return join "", map { chr $_ } @$map if ref $map; # XXX && $format =~ /^ a [dl] /x;
746 return "" if $map eq "" && $format =~ /^a.*e/;
748 # These are all character mappings. Return the chr if no adjustment
750 return chr $cp if $map eq "0";
752 # Convert special entry.
753 if ($map eq '<hangul syllable>' && $format eq 'ad') {
754 use Unicode::Normalize qw(NFD);
758 # The rest need adjustment from the first entry in the inversion list
759 # corresponding to this map.
760 my $offset = $cp - $list_ref->[$i];
761 return chr($map + $cp - $list_ref->[$i]);
763 elsif ($format eq 'n') { # The name property
765 # There are two special cases, handled here.
766 if ($map =~ / ( .+ ) <code\ point> $ /x) {
767 $map = sprintf("$1%04X", $cp);
769 elsif ($map eq '<hangul syllable>') {
770 $map = charnames::viacode($cp);
775 croak __PACKAGE__, "::charprop: Internal error: unknown format '$format'. Please perlbug this";
779 =head2 B<charprops_all()>
781 use Unicode::UCD 'charprops_all';
783 my $%properties_of_A_hash_ref = charprops_all("U+41");
785 This returns a reference to a hash whose keys are all the distinct Unicode (no
786 Perl extension) properties, and whose values are the respective values for
787 those properties for the input L</code point argument>.
789 Each key is the property name in its longest, most descriptive form. The
790 values are what L</charprop()> would return.
792 This function is expensive in time and memory.
796 sub charprops_all($) {
797 my $input_cp = shift;
799 my $cp = _getcode($input_cp);
800 croak __PACKAGE__, "::charprops_all: unknown code point '$input_cp'" unless defined $cp;
804 require "unicore/UCD.pl";
806 foreach my $prop (keys %Unicode::UCD::prop_aliases) {
808 # Don't return a Perl extension. (This is the only one that
809 # %prop_aliases has in it.)
810 next if $prop eq 'perldecimaldigit';
812 # Use long name for $prop in the hash
813 $return{scalar prop_aliases($prop)} = charprop($cp, $prop);
819 =head2 B<charblock()>
821 use Unicode::UCD 'charblock';
823 my $charblock = charblock(0x41);
824 my $charblock = charblock(1234);
825 my $charblock = charblock(0x263a);
826 my $charblock = charblock("U+263a");
828 my $range = charblock('Armenian');
830 With a L</code point argument> C<charblock()> returns the I<block> the code point
831 belongs to, e.g. C<Basic Latin>. The old-style block name is returned (see
832 L</Old-style versus new-style block names>).
833 The L</prop_value_aliases()> function can be used to get all the synonyms
836 If the code point is unassigned, this returns the block it would belong to if
837 it were assigned. (If the Unicode version being used is so early as to not
838 have blocks, all code points are considered to be in C<No_Block>.)
840 See also L</Blocks versus Scripts>.
842 If supplied with an argument that can't be a code point, C<charblock()> tries to
843 do the opposite and interpret the argument as an old-style block name. On an
844 ASCII platform, the return value is a I<range set> with one range: an
845 anonymous array with a single element that consists of another anonymous array
846 whose first element is the first code point in the block, and whose second
847 element is the final code point in the block. On an EBCDIC
848 platform, the first two Unicode blocks are not contiguous. Their range sets
849 are lists containing I<start-of-range>, I<end-of-range> code point pairs. You
850 can test whether a code point is in a range set using the L</charinrange()>
851 function. (To be precise, each I<range set> contains a third array element,
852 after the range boundary ones: the old_style block name.)
854 If the argument to C<charblock()> is not a known block, C<undef> is
864 # Can't read from the mktables table because it loses the hyphens in the
867 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
868 if ($v_unicode_version lt v2.0.0) {
869 my $subrange = [ 0, 0x10FFFF, 'No_Block' ];
870 push @BLOCKS, $subrange;
871 push @{$BLOCKS{'No_Block'}}, $subrange;
874 my $blocksfh = openunicode("Blocks.txt");
877 while (<$blocksfh>) {
879 # Old versions used a different syntax to mark the range.
880 $_ =~ s/;\s+/../ if $v_unicode_version lt v3.1.0;
882 if (/^([0-9A-F]+)\.\.([0-9A-F]+);\s+(.+)/) {
883 my ($lo, $hi) = (hex($1), hex($2));
884 my $subrange = [ $lo, $hi, $3 ];
885 push @BLOCKS, $subrange;
886 push @{$BLOCKS{$3}}, $subrange;
889 if (! IS_ASCII_PLATFORM) {
890 # The first two blocks, through 0xFF, are wrong on EBCDIC
893 my @new_blocks = _read_table("To/Blk.pl");
895 # Get rid of the first two ranges in the Unicode version, and
896 # replace them with the ones computed by mktables.
899 delete $BLOCKS{'Basic Latin'};
900 delete $BLOCKS{'Latin-1 Supplement'};
902 # But there are multiple entries in the computed versions, and
903 # we change their names to (which we know) to be the old-style
905 for my $i (0.. @new_blocks - 1) {
906 if ($new_blocks[$i][2] =~ s/Basic_Latin/Basic Latin/
907 or $new_blocks[$i][2] =~
908 s/Latin_1_Supplement/Latin-1 Supplement/)
910 push @{$BLOCKS{$new_blocks[$i][2]}}, $new_blocks[$i];
913 splice @new_blocks, $i;
917 unshift @BLOCKS, @new_blocks;
926 _charblocks() unless @BLOCKS;
928 my $code = _getcode($arg);
931 my $result = _search(\@BLOCKS, 0, $#BLOCKS, $code);
932 return $result if defined $result;
935 elsif (exists $BLOCKS{$arg}) {
936 return _dclone $BLOCKS{$arg};
939 carp __PACKAGE__, "::charblock: unknown code '$arg'";
943 =head2 B<charscript()>
945 use Unicode::UCD 'charscript';
947 my $charscript = charscript(0x41);
948 my $charscript = charscript(1234);
949 my $charscript = charscript("U+263a");
951 my $range = charscript('Thai');
953 With a L</code point argument>, C<charscript()> returns the I<script> the
954 code point belongs to, e.g., C<Latin>, C<Greek>, C<Han>.
955 If the code point is unassigned or the Unicode version being used is so early
956 that it doesn't have scripts, this function returns C<"Unknown">.
957 The L</prop_value_aliases()> function can be used to get all the synonyms
960 Note that the Script_Extensions property is an improved version of the Script
961 property, and you should probably be using that instead, with the
962 L</charprop()> function.
964 If supplied with an argument that can't be a code point, charscript() tries
965 to do the opposite and interpret the argument as a script name. The
966 return value is a I<range set>: an anonymous array of arrays that contain
967 I<start-of-range>, I<end-of-range> code point pairs. You can test whether a
968 code point is in a range set using the L</charinrange()> function.
969 (To be precise, each I<range set> contains a third array element,
970 after the range boundary ones: the script name.)
972 If the C<charscript()> argument is not a known script, C<undef> is returned.
974 See also L</Blocks versus Scripts>.
983 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
984 if ($v_unicode_version lt v3.1.0) {
985 push @SCRIPTS, [ 0, 0x10FFFF, 'Unknown' ];
988 @SCRIPTS =_read_table("To/Sc.pl");
991 foreach my $entry (@SCRIPTS) {
992 $entry->[2] =~ s/(_\w)/\L$1/g; # Preserve old-style casing
993 push @{$SCRIPTS{$entry->[2]}}, $entry;
1000 _charscripts() unless @SCRIPTS;
1002 my $code = _getcode($arg);
1004 if (defined $code) {
1005 my $result = _search(\@SCRIPTS, 0, $#SCRIPTS, $code);
1006 return $result if defined $result;
1007 return $utf8::SwashInfo{'ToSc'}{'missing'};
1008 } elsif (exists $SCRIPTS{$arg}) {
1009 return _dclone $SCRIPTS{$arg};
1012 carp __PACKAGE__, "::charscript: unknown code '$arg'";
1016 =head2 B<charblocks()>
1018 use Unicode::UCD 'charblocks';
1020 my $charblocks = charblocks();
1022 C<charblocks()> returns a reference to a hash with the known block names
1023 as the keys, and the code point ranges (see L</charblock()>) as the values.
1025 The names are in the old-style (see L</Old-style versus new-style block
1028 L<prop_invmap("block")|/prop_invmap()> can be used to get this same data in a
1029 different type of data structure.
1031 L<prop_values("Block")|/prop_values()> can be used to get all
1032 the known new-style block names as a list, without the code point ranges.
1034 See also L</Blocks versus Scripts>.
1039 _charblocks() unless %BLOCKS;
1040 return _dclone \%BLOCKS;
1043 =head2 B<charscripts()>
1045 use Unicode::UCD 'charscripts';
1047 my $charscripts = charscripts();
1049 C<charscripts()> returns a reference to a hash with the known script
1050 names as the keys, and the code point ranges (see L</charscript()>) as
1053 L<prop_invmap("script")|/prop_invmap()> can be used to get this same data in a
1054 different type of data structure. Since the Script_Extensions property is an
1055 improved version of the Script property, you should instead use
1056 L<prop_invmap("scx")|/prop_invmap()>.
1058 L<C<prop_values("Script")>|/prop_values()> can be used to get all
1059 the known script names as a list, without the code point ranges.
1061 See also L</Blocks versus Scripts>.
1066 _charscripts() unless %SCRIPTS;
1067 return _dclone \%SCRIPTS;
1070 =head2 B<charinrange()>
1072 In addition to using the C<\p{Blk=...}> and C<\P{Blk=...}> constructs, you
1073 can also test whether a code point is in the I<range> as returned by
1074 L</charblock()> and L</charscript()> or as the values of the hash returned
1075 by L</charblocks()> and L</charscripts()> by using C<charinrange()>:
1077 use Unicode::UCD qw(charscript charinrange);
1079 $range = charscript('Hiragana');
1080 print "looks like hiragana\n" if charinrange($range, $codepoint);
1084 my %GENERAL_CATEGORIES =
1087 'LC' => 'CasedLetter',
1088 'Lu' => 'UppercaseLetter',
1089 'Ll' => 'LowercaseLetter',
1090 'Lt' => 'TitlecaseLetter',
1091 'Lm' => 'ModifierLetter',
1092 'Lo' => 'OtherLetter',
1094 'Mn' => 'NonspacingMark',
1095 'Mc' => 'SpacingMark',
1096 'Me' => 'EnclosingMark',
1098 'Nd' => 'DecimalNumber',
1099 'Nl' => 'LetterNumber',
1100 'No' => 'OtherNumber',
1101 'P' => 'Punctuation',
1102 'Pc' => 'ConnectorPunctuation',
1103 'Pd' => 'DashPunctuation',
1104 'Ps' => 'OpenPunctuation',
1105 'Pe' => 'ClosePunctuation',
1106 'Pi' => 'InitialPunctuation',
1107 'Pf' => 'FinalPunctuation',
1108 'Po' => 'OtherPunctuation',
1110 'Sm' => 'MathSymbol',
1111 'Sc' => 'CurrencySymbol',
1112 'Sk' => 'ModifierSymbol',
1113 'So' => 'OtherSymbol',
1115 'Zs' => 'SpaceSeparator',
1116 'Zl' => 'LineSeparator',
1117 'Zp' => 'ParagraphSeparator',
1121 'Cs' => 'Surrogate',
1122 'Co' => 'PrivateUse',
1123 'Cn' => 'Unassigned',
1126 sub general_categories {
1127 return _dclone \%GENERAL_CATEGORIES;
1130 =head2 B<general_categories()>
1132 use Unicode::UCD 'general_categories';
1134 my $categories = general_categories();
1136 This returns a reference to a hash which has short
1137 general category names (such as C<Lu>, C<Nd>, C<Zs>, C<S>) as keys and long
1138 names (such as C<UppercaseLetter>, C<DecimalNumber>, C<SpaceSeparator>,
1139 C<Symbol>) as values. The hash is reversible in case you need to go
1140 from the long names to the short names. The general category is the
1142 L</charinfo()> under the C<category> key.
1144 The L</prop_values()> and L</prop_value_aliases()> functions can be used as an
1145 alternative to this function; the first returning a simple list of the short
1146 category names; and the second gets all the synonyms of a given category name.
1152 'L' => 'Left-to-Right',
1153 'LRE' => 'Left-to-Right Embedding',
1154 'LRO' => 'Left-to-Right Override',
1155 'R' => 'Right-to-Left',
1156 'AL' => 'Right-to-Left Arabic',
1157 'RLE' => 'Right-to-Left Embedding',
1158 'RLO' => 'Right-to-Left Override',
1159 'PDF' => 'Pop Directional Format',
1160 'EN' => 'European Number',
1161 'ES' => 'European Number Separator',
1162 'ET' => 'European Number Terminator',
1163 'AN' => 'Arabic Number',
1164 'CS' => 'Common Number Separator',
1165 'NSM' => 'Non-Spacing Mark',
1166 'BN' => 'Boundary Neutral',
1167 'B' => 'Paragraph Separator',
1168 'S' => 'Segment Separator',
1169 'WS' => 'Whitespace',
1170 'ON' => 'Other Neutrals',
1173 =head2 B<bidi_types()>
1175 use Unicode::UCD 'bidi_types';
1177 my $categories = bidi_types();
1179 This returns a reference to a hash which has the short
1180 bidi (bidirectional) type names (such as C<L>, C<R>) as keys and long
1181 names (such as C<Left-to-Right>, C<Right-to-Left>) as values. The
1182 hash is reversible in case you need to go from the long names to the
1183 short names. The bidi type is the one returned from
1185 under the C<bidi> key. For the exact meaning of the various bidi classes
1186 the Unicode TR9 is recommended reading:
1187 L<http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/>
1188 (as of Unicode 5.0.0)
1190 The L</prop_values()> and L</prop_value_aliases()> functions can be used as an
1191 alternative to this function; the first returning a simple list of the short
1192 bidi type names; and the second gets all the synonyms of a given bidi type
1198 return _dclone \%BIDI_TYPES;
1201 =head2 B<compexcl()>
1203 WARNING: Unicode discourages the use of this function or any of the
1204 alternative mechanisms listed in this section (the documentation of
1205 C<compexcl()>), except internally in implementations of the Unicode
1206 Normalization Algorithm. You should be using L<Unicode::Normalize> directly
1207 instead of these. Using these will likely lead to half-baked results.
1209 use Unicode::UCD 'compexcl';
1211 my $compexcl = compexcl(0x09dc);
1213 This routine returns C<undef> if the Unicode version being used is so early
1214 that it doesn't have this property.
1216 C<compexcl()> is included for backwards
1217 compatibility, but as of Perl 5.12 and more modern Unicode versions, for
1218 most purposes it is probably more convenient to use one of the following
1221 my $compexcl = chr(0x09dc) =~ /\p{Comp_Ex};
1222 my $compexcl = chr(0x09dc) =~ /\p{Full_Composition_Exclusion};
1226 my $compexcl = chr(0x09dc) =~ /\p{CE};
1227 my $compexcl = chr(0x09dc) =~ /\p{Composition_Exclusion};
1229 The first two forms return B<true> if the L</code point argument> should not
1230 be produced by composition normalization. For the final two forms to return
1231 B<true>, it is additionally required that this fact not otherwise be
1232 determinable from the Unicode data base.
1234 This routine behaves identically to the final two forms. That is,
1235 it does not return B<true> if the code point has a decomposition
1236 consisting of another single code point, nor if its decomposition starts
1237 with a code point whose combining class is non-zero. Code points that meet
1238 either of these conditions should also not be produced by composition
1239 normalization, which is probably why you should use the
1240 C<Full_Composition_Exclusion> property instead, as shown above.
1242 The routine returns B<false> otherwise.
1246 # Eval'd so can run on versions earlier than the property is available in
1247 my $Composition_Exclusion_re = eval 'qr/\p{Composition_Exclusion}/';
1251 my $code = _getcode($arg);
1252 croak __PACKAGE__, "::compexcl: unknown code '$arg'"
1253 unless defined $code;
1255 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
1256 return if $v_unicode_version lt v3.0.0;
1258 no warnings "non_unicode"; # So works on non-Unicode code points
1259 return chr($code) =~ $Composition_Exclusion_re
1262 =head2 B<casefold()>
1264 use Unicode::UCD 'casefold';
1266 my $casefold = casefold(0xDF);
1267 if (defined $casefold) {
1268 my @full_fold_hex = split / /, $casefold->{'full'};
1269 my $full_fold_string =
1270 join "", map {chr(hex($_))} @full_fold_hex;
1271 my @turkic_fold_hex =
1272 split / /, ($casefold->{'turkic'} ne "")
1273 ? $casefold->{'turkic'}
1274 : $casefold->{'full'};
1275 my $turkic_fold_string =
1276 join "", map {chr(hex($_))} @turkic_fold_hex;
1278 if (defined $casefold && $casefold->{'simple'} ne "") {
1279 my $simple_fold_hex = $casefold->{'simple'};
1280 my $simple_fold_string = chr(hex($simple_fold_hex));
1283 This returns the (almost) locale-independent case folding of the
1284 character specified by the L</code point argument>. (Starting in Perl v5.16,
1285 the core function C<fc()> returns the C<full> mapping (described below)
1286 faster than this does, and for entire strings.)
1288 If there is no case folding for the input code point, C<undef> is returned.
1290 If there is a case folding for that code point, a reference to a hash
1291 with the following fields is returned:
1297 the input native L</code point argument> expressed in hexadecimal, with
1299 added if necessary to make it contain at least four hexdigits
1303 one or more codes (separated by spaces) that, taken in order, give the
1304 code points for the case folding for I<code>.
1305 Each has at least four hexdigits.
1309 is empty, or is exactly one code with at least four hexdigits which can be used
1310 as an alternative case folding when the calling program cannot cope with the
1311 fold being a sequence of multiple code points. If I<full> is just one code
1312 point, then I<simple> equals I<full>. If there is no single code point folding
1313 defined for I<code>, then I<simple> is the empty string. Otherwise, it is an
1314 inferior, but still better-than-nothing alternative folding to I<full>.
1318 is the same as I<simple> if I<simple> is not empty, and it is the same as I<full>
1319 otherwise. It can be considered to be the simplest possible folding for
1320 I<code>. It is defined primarily for backwards compatibility.
1324 is C<C> (for C<common>) if the best possible fold is a single code point
1325 (I<simple> equals I<full> equals I<mapping>). It is C<S> if there are distinct
1326 folds, I<simple> and I<full> (I<mapping> equals I<simple>). And it is C<F> if
1327 there is only a I<full> fold (I<mapping> equals I<full>; I<simple> is empty).
1329 describes the contents of I<mapping>. It is defined primarily for backwards
1332 For Unicode versions between 3.1 and 3.1.1 inclusive, I<status> can also be
1333 C<I> which is the same as C<C> but is a special case for dotted uppercase I and
1334 dotless lowercase i:
1338 =item Z<>B<*> If you use this C<I> mapping
1340 the result is case-insensitive,
1341 but dotless and dotted I's are not distinguished
1343 =item Z<>B<*> If you exclude this C<I> mapping
1345 the result is not fully case-insensitive, but
1346 dotless and dotted I's are distinguished
1352 contains any special folding for Turkic languages. For versions of Unicode
1353 starting with 3.2, this field is empty unless I<code> has a different folding
1354 in Turkic languages, in which case it is one or more codes (separated by
1355 spaces) that, taken in order, give the code points for the case folding for
1356 I<code> in those languages.
1357 Each code has at least four hexdigits.
1358 Note that this folding does not maintain canonical equivalence without
1359 additional processing.
1361 For Unicode versions between 3.1 and 3.1.1 inclusive, this field is empty unless
1363 special folding for Turkic languages, in which case I<status> is C<I>, and
1364 I<mapping>, I<full>, I<simple>, and I<turkic> are all equal.
1368 Programs that want complete generality and the best folding results should use
1369 the folding contained in the I<full> field. But note that the fold for some
1370 code points will be a sequence of multiple code points.
1372 Programs that can't cope with the fold mapping being multiple code points can
1373 use the folding contained in the I<simple> field, with the loss of some
1374 generality. In Unicode 5.1, about 7% of the defined foldings have no single
1377 The I<mapping> and I<status> fields are provided for backwards compatibility for
1378 existing programs. They contain the same values as in previous versions of
1381 Locale is not completely independent. The I<turkic> field contains results to
1382 use when the locale is a Turkic language.
1384 For more information about case mappings see
1385 L<http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr21>
1392 unless (%CASEFOLD) { # Populate the hash
1393 my ($full_invlist_ref, $full_invmap_ref, undef, $default)
1394 = prop_invmap('Case_Folding');
1396 # Use the recipe given in the prop_invmap() pod to convert the
1397 # inversion map into the hash.
1398 for my $i (0 .. @$full_invlist_ref - 1 - 1) {
1399 next if $full_invmap_ref->[$i] == $default;
1401 for my $j ($full_invlist_ref->[$i] .. $full_invlist_ref->[$i+1] -1) {
1403 if (! ref $full_invmap_ref->[$i]) {
1405 # This is a single character mapping
1406 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'status'} = 'C';
1407 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'simple'}
1408 = $CASEFOLD{$j}{'full'}
1409 = $CASEFOLD{$j}{'mapping'}
1410 = sprintf("%04X", $full_invmap_ref->[$i] + $adjust);
1411 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'code'} = sprintf("%04X", $j);
1412 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'turkic'} = "";
1414 else { # prop_invmap ensures that $adjust is 0 for a ref
1415 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'status'} = 'F';
1416 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'full'}
1417 = $CASEFOLD{$j}{'mapping'}
1418 = join " ", map { sprintf "%04X", $_ }
1419 @{$full_invmap_ref->[$i]};
1420 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'simple'} = "";
1421 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'code'} = sprintf("%04X", $j);
1422 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'turkic'} = "";
1427 # We have filled in the full mappings above, assuming there were no
1428 # simple ones for the ones with multi-character maps. Now, we find
1429 # and fix the cases where that assumption was false.
1430 (my ($simple_invlist_ref, $simple_invmap_ref, undef), $default)
1431 = prop_invmap('Simple_Case_Folding');
1432 for my $i (0 .. @$simple_invlist_ref - 1 - 1) {
1433 next if $simple_invmap_ref->[$i] == $default;
1435 for my $j ($simple_invlist_ref->[$i]
1436 .. $simple_invlist_ref->[$i+1] -1)
1439 next if $CASEFOLD{$j}{'status'} eq 'C';
1440 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'status'} = 'S';
1441 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'simple'}
1442 = $CASEFOLD{$j}{'mapping'}
1443 = sprintf("%04X", $simple_invmap_ref->[$i] + $adjust);
1444 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'code'} = sprintf("%04X", $j);
1445 $CASEFOLD{$j}{'turkic'} = "";
1449 # We hard-code in the turkish rules
1450 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
1451 if ($v_unicode_version ge v3.2.0) {
1453 # These two code points should already have regular entries, so
1454 # just fill in the turkish fields
1455 $CASEFOLD{ord('I')}{'turkic'} = '0131';
1456 $CASEFOLD{0x130}{'turkic'} = sprintf "%04X", ord('i');
1458 elsif ($v_unicode_version ge v3.1.0) {
1460 # These two code points don't have entries otherwise.
1461 $CASEFOLD{0x130}{'code'} = '0130';
1462 $CASEFOLD{0x131}{'code'} = '0131';
1463 $CASEFOLD{0x130}{'status'} = $CASEFOLD{0x131}{'status'} = 'I';
1464 $CASEFOLD{0x130}{'turkic'}
1465 = $CASEFOLD{0x130}{'mapping'}
1466 = $CASEFOLD{0x130}{'full'}
1467 = $CASEFOLD{0x130}{'simple'}
1468 = $CASEFOLD{0x131}{'turkic'}
1469 = $CASEFOLD{0x131}{'mapping'}
1470 = $CASEFOLD{0x131}{'full'}
1471 = $CASEFOLD{0x131}{'simple'}
1472 = sprintf "%04X", ord('i');
1479 my $code = _getcode($arg);
1480 croak __PACKAGE__, "::casefold: unknown code '$arg'"
1481 unless defined $code;
1483 _casefold() unless %CASEFOLD;
1485 return $CASEFOLD{$code};
1488 =head2 B<all_casefolds()>
1491 use Unicode::UCD 'all_casefolds';
1493 my $all_folds_ref = all_casefolds();
1494 foreach my $char_with_casefold (sort { $a <=> $b }
1495 keys %$all_folds_ref)
1497 printf "%04X:", $char_with_casefold;
1498 my $casefold = $all_folds_ref->{$char_with_casefold};
1500 # Get folds for $char_with_casefold
1502 my @full_fold_hex = split / /, $casefold->{'full'};
1503 my $full_fold_string =
1504 join "", map {chr(hex($_))} @full_fold_hex;
1505 print " full=", join " ", @full_fold_hex;
1506 my @turkic_fold_hex =
1507 split / /, ($casefold->{'turkic'} ne "")
1508 ? $casefold->{'turkic'}
1509 : $casefold->{'full'};
1510 my $turkic_fold_string =
1511 join "", map {chr(hex($_))} @turkic_fold_hex;
1512 print "; turkic=", join " ", @turkic_fold_hex;
1513 if (defined $casefold && $casefold->{'simple'} ne "") {
1514 my $simple_fold_hex = $casefold->{'simple'};
1515 my $simple_fold_string = chr(hex($simple_fold_hex));
1516 print "; simple=$simple_fold_hex";
1521 This returns all the case foldings in the current version of Unicode in the
1522 form of a reference to a hash. Each key to the hash is the decimal
1523 representation of a Unicode character that has a casefold to other than
1524 itself. The casefold of a semi-colon is itself, so it isn't in the hash;
1525 likewise for a lowercase "a", but there is an entry for a capital "A". The
1526 hash value for each key is another hash, identical to what is returned by
1527 L</casefold()> if called with that code point as its argument. So the value
1528 C<< all_casefolds()->{ord("A")}' >> is equivalent to C<casefold(ord("A"))>;
1532 sub all_casefolds () {
1533 _casefold() unless %CASEFOLD;
1534 return _dclone \%CASEFOLD;
1537 =head2 B<casespec()>
1539 use Unicode::UCD 'casespec';
1541 my $casespec = casespec(0xFB00);
1543 This returns the potentially locale-dependent case mappings of the L</code point
1544 argument>. The mappings may be longer than a single code point (which the basic
1545 Unicode case mappings as returned by L</charinfo()> never are).
1547 If there are no case mappings for the L</code point argument>, or if all three
1548 possible mappings (I<lower>, I<title> and I<upper>) result in single code
1549 points and are locale independent and unconditional, C<undef> is returned
1550 (which means that the case mappings, if any, for the code point are those
1551 returned by L</charinfo()>).
1553 Otherwise, a reference to a hash giving the mappings (or a reference to a hash
1554 of such hashes, explained below) is returned with the following keys and their
1557 The keys in the bottom layer hash with the meanings of their values are:
1563 the input native L</code point argument> expressed in hexadecimal, with
1565 added if necessary to make it contain at least four hexdigits
1569 one or more codes (separated by spaces) that, taken in order, give the
1570 code points for the lower case of I<code>.
1571 Each has at least four hexdigits.
1575 one or more codes (separated by spaces) that, taken in order, give the
1576 code points for the title case of I<code>.
1577 Each has at least four hexdigits.
1581 one or more codes (separated by spaces) that, taken in order, give the
1582 code points for the upper case of I<code>.
1583 Each has at least four hexdigits.
1587 the conditions for the mappings to be valid.
1588 If C<undef>, the mappings are always valid.
1589 When defined, this field is a list of conditions,
1590 all of which must be true for the mappings to be valid.
1591 The list consists of one or more
1592 I<locales> (see below)
1593 and/or I<contexts> (explained in the next paragraph),
1594 separated by spaces.
1595 (Other than as used to separate elements, spaces are to be ignored.)
1596 Case distinctions in the condition list are not significant.
1597 Conditions preceded by "NON_" represent the negation of the condition.
1599 A I<context> is one of those defined in the Unicode standard.
1600 For Unicode 5.1, they are defined in Section 3.13 C<Default Case Operations>
1602 L<http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.1.0/>.
1603 These are for context-sensitive casing.
1607 The hash described above is returned for locale-independent casing, where
1608 at least one of the mappings has length longer than one. If C<undef> is
1609 returned, the code point may have mappings, but if so, all are length one,
1610 and are returned by L</charinfo()>.
1611 Note that when this function does return a value, it will be for the complete
1612 set of mappings for a code point, even those whose length is one.
1614 If there are additional casing rules that apply only in certain locales,
1615 an additional key for each will be defined in the returned hash. Each such key
1616 will be its locale name, defined as a 2-letter ISO 3166 country code, possibly
1617 followed by a "_" and a 2-letter ISO language code (possibly followed by a "_"
1618 and a variant code). You can find the lists of all possible locales, see
1619 L<Locale::Country> and L<Locale::Language>.
1620 (In Unicode 6.0, the only locales returned by this function
1621 are C<lt>, C<tr>, and C<az>.)
1623 Each locale key is a reference to a hash that has the form above, and gives
1624 the casing rules for that particular locale, which take precedence over the
1625 locale-independent ones when in that locale.
1627 If the only casing for a code point is locale-dependent, then the returned
1628 hash will not have any of the base keys, like C<code>, C<upper>, etc., but
1629 will contain only locale keys.
1631 For more information about case mappings see
1632 L<http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr21/>
1639 unless (%CASESPEC) {
1640 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
1641 if ($v_unicode_version ge v2.1.8) {
1642 my $casespecfh = openunicode("SpecialCasing.txt");
1645 while (<$casespecfh>) {
1646 if (/^([0-9A-F]+); ([0-9A-F]+(?: [0-9A-F]+)*)?; ([0-9A-F]+(?: [0-9A-F]+)*)?; ([0-9A-F]+(?: [0-9A-F]+)*)?; (\w+(?: \w+)*)?/) {
1648 my ($hexcode, $lower, $title, $upper, $condition) =
1649 ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5);
1650 if (! IS_ASCII_PLATFORM) { # Remap entry to native
1651 foreach my $var_ref (\$hexcode,
1656 next unless defined $$var_ref;
1657 $$var_ref = join " ",
1658 map { sprintf("%04X",
1659 utf8::unicode_to_native(hex $_)) }
1660 split " ", $$var_ref;
1664 my $code = hex($hexcode);
1666 # In 2.1.8, there were duplicate entries; ignore all but
1667 # the first one -- there were no conditions in the file
1669 if (exists $CASESPEC{$code} && $v_unicode_version ne v2.1.8)
1671 if (exists $CASESPEC{$code}->{code}) {
1676 @{$CASESPEC{$code}}{qw(lower
1680 if (defined $oldcondition) {
1682 ($oldcondition =~ /^([a-z][a-z](?:_\S+)?)/);
1683 delete $CASESPEC{$code};
1684 $CASESPEC{$code}->{$oldlocale} =
1689 condition => $oldcondition };
1693 ($condition =~ /^([a-z][a-z](?:_\S+)?)/);
1694 $CASESPEC{$code}->{$locale} =
1699 condition => $condition };
1706 condition => $condition };
1716 my $code = _getcode($arg);
1717 croak __PACKAGE__, "::casespec: unknown code '$arg'"
1718 unless defined $code;
1720 _casespec() unless %CASESPEC;
1722 return ref $CASESPEC{$code} ? _dclone $CASESPEC{$code} : $CASESPEC{$code};
1725 =head2 B<namedseq()>
1727 use Unicode::UCD 'namedseq';
1729 my $namedseq = namedseq("KATAKANA LETTER AINU P");
1730 my @namedseq = namedseq("KATAKANA LETTER AINU P");
1731 my %namedseq = namedseq();
1733 If used with a single argument in a scalar context, returns the string
1734 consisting of the code points of the named sequence, or C<undef> if no
1735 named sequence by that name exists. If used with a single argument in
1736 a list context, it returns the list of the ordinals of the code points.
1739 arguments in a list context, it returns a hash with the names of all the
1740 named sequences as the keys and their sequences as strings as
1741 the values. Otherwise, it returns C<undef> or an empty list depending
1744 This function only operates on officially approved (not provisional) named
1747 Note that as of Perl 5.14, C<\N{KATAKANA LETTER AINU P}> will insert the named
1748 sequence into double-quoted strings, and C<charnames::string_vianame("KATAKANA
1749 LETTER AINU P")> will return the same string this function does, but will also
1750 operate on character names that aren't named sequences, without you having to
1751 know which are which. See L<charnames>.
1758 unless (%NAMEDSEQ) {
1759 my $namedseqfh = openunicode("Name.pl");
1762 while (<$namedseqfh>) {
1763 if (/^ [0-9A-F]+ \ /x) {
1765 my ($sequence, $name) = split /\t/;
1766 my @s = map { chr(hex($_)) } split(' ', $sequence);
1767 $NAMEDSEQ{$name} = join("", @s);
1775 # Use charnames::string_vianame() which now returns this information,
1776 # unless the caller wants the hash returned, in which case we read it in,
1777 # and thereafter use it instead of calling charnames, as it is faster.
1779 my $wantarray = wantarray();
1780 if (defined $wantarray) {
1783 _namedseq() unless %NAMEDSEQ;
1788 $s = $NAMEDSEQ{ $_[0] };
1791 $s = charnames::string_vianame($_[0]);
1793 return defined $s ? map { ord($_) } split('', $s) : ();
1796 return $NAMEDSEQ{ $_[0] } if %NAMEDSEQ;
1797 return charnames::string_vianame($_[0]);
1806 my @numbers = _read_table("To/Nv.pl");
1807 foreach my $entry (@numbers) {
1808 my ($start, $end, $value) = @$entry;
1810 # If value contains a slash, convert to decimal, add a reverse hash
1812 if ((my @rational = split /\//, $value) == 2) {
1813 my $real = $rational[0] / $rational[1];
1814 $real_to_rational{$real} = $value;
1817 # Should only be single element, but just in case...
1818 for my $i ($start .. $end) {
1819 $NUMERIC{$i} = $value;
1823 # The values require adjusting, as is in 'a' format
1824 for my $i ($start .. $end) {
1825 $NUMERIC{$i} = $value + $i - $start;
1830 # Decided unsafe to use these that aren't officially part of the Unicode
1833 #my $pi = acos(-1.0);
1834 #$NUMERIC{0x03C0} = $pi;
1836 # Euler's constant, not to be confused with Euler's number
1837 #$NUMERIC{0x2107} = 0.57721566490153286060651209008240243104215933593992;
1840 #$NUMERIC{0x212F} = 2.7182818284590452353602874713526624977572;
1849 use Unicode::UCD 'num';
1851 my $val = num("123");
1852 my $one_quarter = num("\N{VULGAR FRACTION 1/4}");
1853 my $val = num("12a", \$valid_length); # $valid_length contains 2
1855 C<num()> returns the numeric value of the input Unicode string; or C<undef> if it
1856 doesn't think the entire string has a completely valid, safe numeric value.
1857 If called with an optional second parameter, a reference to a scalar, C<num()>
1858 will set the scalar to the length of any valid initial substring; or to 0 if none.
1860 If the string is just one character in length, the Unicode numeric value
1861 is returned if it has one, or C<undef> otherwise. If the optional scalar ref
1862 is passed, it would be set to 1 if the return is valid; or 0 if the return is
1863 C<undef>. Note that the numeric value returned need not be a whole number.
1864 C<num("\N{TIBETAN DIGIT HALF ZERO}")>, for example returns -0.5.
1868 #A few characters to which Unicode doesn't officially
1869 #assign a numeric value are considered numeric by C<num>.
1872 # EULER CONSTANT 0.5772... (this is NOT Euler's number)
1873 # SCRIPT SMALL E 2.71828... (this IS Euler's number)
1874 # GREEK SMALL LETTER PI 3.14159...
1878 If the string is more than one character, C<undef> is returned unless
1879 all its characters are decimal digits (that is, they would match C<\d+>),
1880 from the same script. For example if you have an ASCII '0' and a Bengali
1881 '3', mixed together, they aren't considered a valid number, and C<undef>
1882 is returned. A further restriction is that the digits all have to be of
1883 the same form. A half-width digit mixed with a full-width one will
1884 return C<undef>. The Arabic script has two sets of digits; C<num> will
1885 return C<undef> unless all the digits in the string come from the same
1886 set. In all cases, the optional scalar ref parameter is set to how
1887 long any valid initial substring of digits is; hence it will be set to the
1888 entire string length if the main return value is not C<undef>.
1890 C<num> errs on the side of safety, and there may be valid strings of
1891 decimal digits that it doesn't recognize. Note that Unicode defines
1892 a number of "digit" characters that aren't "decimal digit" characters.
1893 "Decimal digits" have the property that they have a positional value, i.e.,
1894 there is a units position, a 10's position, a 100's, etc, AND they are
1895 arranged in Unicode in blocks of 10 contiguous code points. The Chinese
1896 digits, for example, are not in such a contiguous block, and so Unicode
1897 doesn't view them as decimal digits, but merely digits, and so C<\d> will not
1898 match them. A single-character string containing one of these digits will
1899 have its decimal value returned by C<num>, but any longer string containing
1900 only these digits will return C<undef>.
1902 Strings of multiple sub- and superscripts are not recognized as numbers. You
1903 can use either of the compatibility decompositions in Unicode::Normalize to
1904 change these into digits, and then call C<num> on the result.
1908 # To handle sub, superscripts, this could if called in list context,
1909 # consider those, and return the <decomposition> type in the second
1913 my ($string, $retlen_ref) = @_;
1915 use feature 'unicode_strings';
1917 _numeric unless %NUMERIC;
1918 $$retlen_ref = 0 if $retlen_ref; # Assume will fail
1920 my $length = length $string;
1921 return if $length == 0;
1923 my $first_ord = ord(substr($string, 0, 1));
1924 return if ! exists $NUMERIC{$first_ord}
1925 || ! defined $NUMERIC{$first_ord};
1927 # Here, we know the first character is numeric
1928 my $value = $NUMERIC{$first_ord};
1929 $$retlen_ref = 1 if $retlen_ref; # Assume only this one is numeric
1931 return $value if $length == 1;
1933 # Here, the input is longer than a single character. To be valid, it must
1934 # be entirely decimal digits, which means it must start with one.
1935 return if $string =~ / ^ \D /x;
1937 # To be a valid decimal number, it should be in a block of 10 consecutive
1938 # characters, whose values are 0, 1, 2, ... 9. Therefore this digit's
1939 # value is its offset in that block from the character that means zero.
1940 my $zero_ord = $first_ord - $value;
1942 # Unicode 6.0 instituted the rule that only digits in a consecutive
1943 # block of 10 would be considered decimal digits. If this is an earlier
1944 # release, we verify that this first character is a member of such a
1945 # block. That is, that the block of characters surrounding this one
1946 # consists of all \d characters whose numeric values are the expected
1947 # ones. If not, then this single character is numeric, but the string as
1948 # a whole is not considered to be.
1949 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
1950 if ($v_unicode_version lt v6.0.0) {
1951 for my $i (0 .. 9) {
1952 my $ord = $zero_ord + $i;
1953 return unless chr($ord) =~ /\d/;
1954 my $numeric = $NUMERIC{$ord};
1955 return unless defined $numeric;
1956 return unless $numeric == $i;
1960 for my $i (1 .. $length -1) {
1962 # Here we know either by verifying, or by fact of the first character
1963 # being a \d in Unicode 6.0 or later, that any character between the
1964 # character that means 0, and 9 positions above it must be \d, and
1965 # must have its value correspond to its offset from the zero. Any
1966 # characters outside these 10 do not form a legal number for this
1968 my $ord = ord(substr($string, $i, 1));
1969 my $digit = $ord - $zero_ord;
1970 if ($digit < 0 || $digit > 9) {
1971 $$retlen_ref = $i if $retlen_ref;
1974 $value = $value * 10 + $digit;
1977 $$retlen_ref = $length if $retlen_ref;
1983 =head2 B<prop_aliases()>
1985 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_aliases';
1987 my ($short_name, $full_name, @other_names) = prop_aliases("space");
1988 my $same_full_name = prop_aliases("Space"); # Scalar context
1989 my ($same_short_name) = prop_aliases("Space"); # gets 0th element
1990 print "The full name is $full_name\n";
1991 print "The short name is $short_name\n";
1992 print "The other aliases are: ", join(", ", @other_names), "\n";
1995 The full name is White_Space
1996 The short name is WSpace
1997 The other aliases are: Space
1999 Most Unicode properties have several synonymous names. Typically, there is at
2000 least a short name, convenient to type, and a long name that more fully
2001 describes the property, and hence is more easily understood.
2003 If you know one name for a Unicode property, you can use C<prop_aliases> to find
2004 either the long name (when called in scalar context), or a list of all of the
2005 names, somewhat ordered so that the short name is in the 0th element, the long
2006 name in the next element, and any other synonyms are in the remaining
2007 elements, in no particular order.
2009 The long name is returned in a form nicely capitalized, suitable for printing.
2011 The input parameter name is loosely matched, which means that white space,
2012 hyphens, and underscores are ignored (except for the trailing underscore in
2013 the old_form grandfathered-in C<"L_">, which is better written as C<"LC">, and
2014 both of which mean C<General_Category=Cased Letter>).
2016 If the name is unknown, C<undef> is returned (or an empty list in list
2017 context). Note that Perl typically recognizes property names in regular
2018 expressions with an optional C<"Is_>" (with or without the underscore)
2019 prefixed to them, such as C<\p{isgc=punct}>. This function does not recognize
2020 those in the input, returning C<undef>. Nor are they included in the output
2021 as possible synonyms.
2023 C<prop_aliases> does know about the Perl extensions to Unicode properties,
2024 such as C<Any> and C<XPosixAlpha>, and the single form equivalents to Unicode
2025 properties such as C<XDigit>, C<Greek>, C<In_Greek>, and C<Is_Greek>. The
2026 final example demonstrates that the C<"Is_"> prefix is recognized for these
2027 extensions; it is needed to resolve ambiguities. For example,
2028 C<prop_aliases('lc')> returns the list C<(lc, Lowercase_Mapping)>, but
2029 C<prop_aliases('islc')> returns C<(Is_LC, Cased_Letter)>. This is
2030 because C<islc> is a Perl extension which is short for
2031 C<General_Category=Cased Letter>. The lists returned for the Perl extensions
2032 will not include the C<"Is_"> prefix (whether or not the input had it) unless
2033 needed to resolve ambiguities, as shown in the C<"islc"> example, where the
2034 returned list had one element containing C<"Is_">, and the other without.
2036 It is also possible for the reverse to happen: C<prop_aliases('isc')> returns
2037 the list C<(isc, ISO_Comment)>; whereas C<prop_aliases('c')> returns
2038 C<(C, Other)> (the latter being a Perl extension meaning
2039 C<General_Category=Other>.
2040 L<perluniprops/Properties accessible through Unicode::UCD> lists the available
2041 forms, including which ones are discouraged from use.
2043 Those discouraged forms are accepted as input to C<prop_aliases>, but are not
2044 returned in the lists. C<prop_aliases('isL&')> and C<prop_aliases('isL_')>,
2045 which are old synonyms for C<"Is_LC"> and should not be used in new code, are
2046 examples of this. These both return C<(Is_LC, Cased_Letter)>. Thus this
2047 function allows you to take a discouraged form, and find its acceptable
2048 alternatives. The same goes with single-form Block property equivalences.
2049 Only the forms that begin with C<"In_"> are not discouraged; if you pass
2050 C<prop_aliases> a discouraged form, you will get back the equivalent ones that
2051 begin with C<"In_">. It will otherwise look like a new-style block name (see.
2052 L</Old-style versus new-style block names>).
2054 C<prop_aliases> does not know about any user-defined properties, and will
2055 return C<undef> if called with one of those. Likewise for Perl internal
2056 properties, with the exception of "Perl_Decimal_Digit" which it does know
2057 about (and which is documented below in L</prop_invmap()>).
2061 # It may be that there are use cases where the discouraged forms should be
2062 # returned. If that comes up, an optional boolean second parameter to the
2063 # function could be created, for example.
2065 # These are created by mktables for this routine and stored in unicore/UCD.pl
2066 # where their structures are described.
2067 our %string_property_loose_to_name;
2068 our %ambiguous_names;
2069 our %loose_perlprop_to_name;
2072 sub prop_aliases ($) {
2074 return unless defined $prop;
2076 require "unicore/UCD.pl";
2077 require "unicore/Heavy.pl";
2078 require "utf8_heavy.pl";
2080 # The property name may be loosely or strictly matched; we don't know yet.
2081 # But both types use lower-case.
2084 # It is loosely matched if its lower case isn't known to be strict.
2086 if (! exists $utf8::stricter_to_file_of{$prop}) {
2087 my $loose = utf8::_loose_name($prop);
2089 # There is a hash that converts from any loose name to its standard
2090 # form, mapping all synonyms for a name to one name that can be used
2091 # as a key into another hash. The whole concept is for memory
2092 # savings, as the second hash doesn't have to have all the
2093 # combinations. Actually, there are two hashes that do the
2094 # converstion. One is used in utf8_heavy.pl (stored in Heavy.pl) for
2095 # looking up properties matchable in regexes. This function needs to
2096 # access string properties, which aren't available in regexes, so a
2097 # second conversion hash is made for them (stored in UCD.pl). Look in
2098 # the string one now, as the rest can have an optional 'is' prefix,
2099 # which these don't.
2100 if (exists $string_property_loose_to_name{$loose}) {
2102 # Convert to its standard loose name.
2103 $prop = $string_property_loose_to_name{$loose};
2106 my $retrying = 0; # bool. ? Has an initial 'is' been stripped
2108 if (exists $utf8::loose_property_name_of{$loose}
2110 || ! exists $ambiguous_names{$loose}))
2112 # Found an entry giving the standard form. We don't get here
2113 # (in the test above) when we've stripped off an
2114 # 'is' and the result is an ambiguous name. That is because
2115 # these are official Unicode properties (though Perl can have
2116 # an optional 'is' prefix meaning the official property), and
2117 # all ambiguous cases involve a Perl single-form extension
2118 # for the gc, script, or block properties, and the stripped
2119 # 'is' means that they mean one of those, and not one of
2121 $prop = $utf8::loose_property_name_of{$loose};
2123 elsif (exists $loose_perlprop_to_name{$loose}) {
2125 # This hash is specifically for this function to list Perl
2126 # extensions that aren't in the earlier hashes. If there is
2127 # only one element, the short and long names are identical.
2128 # Otherwise the form is already in the same form as
2129 # %prop_aliases, which is handled at the end of the function.
2130 $list_ref = $loose_perlprop_to_name{$loose};
2131 if (@$list_ref == 1) {
2132 my @list = ($list_ref->[0], $list_ref->[0]);
2136 elsif (! exists $utf8::loose_to_file_of{$loose}) {
2138 # loose_to_file_of is a complete list of loose names. If not
2139 # there, the input is unknown.
2142 elsif ($loose =~ / [:=] /x) {
2144 # Here we found the name but not its aliases, so it has to
2145 # exist. Exclude property-value combinations. (This shows up
2146 # for something like ccc=vr which matches loosely, but is a
2147 # synonym for ccc=9 which matches only strictly.
2152 # Here it has to exist, and isn't a property-value
2153 # combination. This means it must be one of the Perl
2154 # single-form extensions. First see if it is for a
2155 # property-value combination in one of the following
2158 foreach my $property ("gc", "script") {
2159 @list = prop_value_aliases($property, $loose);
2164 # Here, it is one of those property-value combination
2165 # single-form synonyms. There are ambiguities with some
2166 # of these. Check against the list for these, and adjust
2168 for my $i (0 .. @list -1) {
2169 if (exists $ambiguous_names
2170 {utf8::_loose_name(lc $list[$i])})
2172 # The ambiguity is resolved by toggling whether or
2173 # not it has an 'is' prefix
2174 $list[$i] =~ s/^Is_// or $list[$i] =~ s/^/Is_/;
2180 # Here, it wasn't one of the gc or script single-form
2181 # extensions. It could be a block property single-form
2182 # extension. An 'in' prefix definitely means that, and should
2183 # be looked up without the prefix. However, starting in
2184 # Unicode 6.1, we have to special case 'indic...', as there
2185 # is a property that begins with that name. We shouldn't
2186 # strip the 'in' from that. I'm (khw) generalizing this to
2187 # 'indic' instead of the single property, because I suspect
2188 # that others of this class may come along in the future.
2189 # However, this could backfire and a block created whose name
2190 # begins with 'dic...', and we would want to strip the 'in'.
2191 # At which point this would have to be tweaked.
2192 my $began_with_in = $loose =~ s/^in(?!dic)//;
2193 @list = prop_value_aliases("block", $loose);
2195 map { $_ =~ s/^/In_/ } @list;
2199 # Here still haven't found it. The last opportunity for it
2200 # being valid is only if it began with 'is'. We retry without
2201 # the 'is', setting a flag to that effect so that we don't
2202 # accept things that begin with 'isis...'
2203 if (! $retrying && ! $began_with_in && $loose =~ s/^is//) {
2208 # Here, didn't find it. Since it was in %loose_to_file_of, we
2209 # should have been able to find it.
2210 carp __PACKAGE__, "::prop_aliases: Unexpectedly could not find '$prop'. Send bug report to perlbug\@perl.org";
2217 # Here, we have set $prop to a standard form name of the input. Look
2218 # it up in the structure created by mktables for this purpose, which
2219 # contains both strict and loosely matched properties. Avoid
2221 $list_ref = $prop_aliases{$prop} if exists $prop_aliases{$prop};
2222 return unless $list_ref;
2225 # The full name is in element 1.
2226 return $list_ref->[1] unless wantarray;
2228 return @{_dclone $list_ref};
2233 =head2 B<prop_values()>
2235 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_values';
2237 print "AHex values are: ", join(", ", prop_values("AHex")),
2240 AHex values are: N, Y
2242 Some Unicode properties have a restricted set of legal values. For example,
2243 all binary properties are restricted to just C<true> or C<false>; and there
2244 are only a few dozen possible General Categories. Use C<prop_values>
2245 to find out if a given property is one such, and if so, to get a list of the
2248 print join ", ", prop_values("NFC_Quick_Check");
2252 If the property doesn't have such a restricted set, C<undef> is returned.
2254 There are usually several synonyms for each possible value. Use
2255 L</prop_value_aliases()> to access those.
2257 Case, white space, hyphens, and underscores are ignored in the input property
2258 name (except for the trailing underscore in the old-form grandfathered-in
2259 general category property value C<"L_">, which is better written as C<"LC">).
2261 If the property name is unknown, C<undef> is returned. Note that Perl typically
2262 recognizes property names in regular expressions with an optional C<"Is_>"
2263 (with or without the underscore) prefixed to them, such as C<\p{isgc=punct}>.
2264 This function does not recognize those in the property parameter, returning
2267 For the block property, new-style block names are returned (see
2268 L</Old-style versus new-style block names>).
2270 C<prop_values> does not know about any user-defined properties, and
2271 will return C<undef> if called with one of those.
2275 # These are created by mktables for this module and stored in unicore/UCD.pl
2276 # where their structures are described.
2277 our %loose_to_standard_value;
2278 our %prop_value_aliases;
2280 sub prop_values ($) {
2282 return undef unless defined $prop;
2284 require "unicore/UCD.pl";
2285 require "utf8_heavy.pl";
2287 # Find the property name synonym that's used as the key in other hashes,
2288 # which is element 0 in the returned list.
2289 ($prop) = prop_aliases($prop);
2290 return undef if ! $prop;
2291 $prop = utf8::_loose_name(lc $prop);
2293 # Here is a legal property.
2294 return undef unless exists $prop_value_aliases{$prop};
2296 foreach my $value_key (sort { lc $a cmp lc $b }
2297 keys %{$prop_value_aliases{$prop}})
2299 push @return, $prop_value_aliases{$prop}{$value_key}[0];
2306 =head2 B<prop_value_aliases()>
2308 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_value_aliases';
2310 my ($short_name, $full_name, @other_names)
2311 = prop_value_aliases("Gc", "Punct");
2312 my $same_full_name = prop_value_aliases("Gc", "P"); # Scalar cntxt
2313 my ($same_short_name) = prop_value_aliases("Gc", "P"); # gets 0th
2315 print "The full name is $full_name\n";
2316 print "The short name is $short_name\n";
2317 print "The other aliases are: ", join(", ", @other_names), "\n";
2320 The full name is Punctuation
2322 The other aliases are: Punct
2324 Some Unicode properties have a restricted set of legal values. For example,
2325 all binary properties are restricted to just C<true> or C<false>; and there
2326 are only a few dozen possible General Categories.
2328 You can use L</prop_values()> to find out if a given property is one which has
2329 a restricted set of values, and if so, what those values are. But usually
2330 each value actually has several synonyms. For example, in Unicode binary
2331 properties, I<truth> can be represented by any of the strings "Y", "Yes", "T",
2332 or "True"; and the General Category "Punctuation" by that string, or "Punct",
2335 Like property names, there is typically at least a short name for each such
2336 property-value, and a long name. If you know any name of the property-value
2337 (which you can get by L</prop_values()>, you can use C<prop_value_aliases>()
2338 to get the long name (when called in scalar context), or a list of all the
2339 names, with the short name in the 0th element, the long name in the next
2340 element, and any other synonyms in the remaining elements, in no particular
2341 order, except that any all-numeric synonyms will be last.
2343 The long name is returned in a form nicely capitalized, suitable for printing.
2345 Case, white space, hyphens, and underscores are ignored in the input parameters
2346 (except for the trailing underscore in the old-form grandfathered-in general
2347 category property value C<"L_">, which is better written as C<"LC">).
2349 If either name is unknown, C<undef> is returned. Note that Perl typically
2350 recognizes property names in regular expressions with an optional C<"Is_>"
2351 (with or without the underscore) prefixed to them, such as C<\p{isgc=punct}>.
2352 This function does not recognize those in the property parameter, returning
2355 If called with a property that doesn't have synonyms for its values, it
2356 returns the input value, possibly normalized with capitalization and
2357 underscores, but not necessarily checking that the input value is valid.
2359 For the block property, new-style block names are returned (see
2360 L</Old-style versus new-style block names>).
2362 To find the synonyms for single-forms, such as C<\p{Any}>, use
2363 L</prop_aliases()> instead.
2365 C<prop_value_aliases> does not know about any user-defined properties, and
2366 will return C<undef> if called with one of those.
2370 sub prop_value_aliases ($$) {
2371 my ($prop, $value) = @_;
2372 return unless defined $prop && defined $value;
2374 require "unicore/UCD.pl";
2375 require "utf8_heavy.pl";
2377 # Find the property name synonym that's used as the key in other hashes,
2378 # which is element 0 in the returned list.
2379 ($prop) = prop_aliases($prop);
2381 $prop = utf8::_loose_name(lc $prop);
2383 # Here is a legal property, but the hash below (created by mktables for
2384 # this purpose) only knows about the properties that have a very finite
2385 # number of potential values, that is not ones whose value could be
2386 # anything, like most (if not all) string properties. These don't have
2387 # synonyms anyway. Simply return the input. For example, there is no
2388 # synonym for ('Uppercase_Mapping', A').
2389 if (! exists $prop_value_aliases{$prop}) {
2391 # Here, we have a legal property, but an unknown value. Since the
2392 # property is legal, if it isn't in the prop_aliases hash, it must be
2393 # a Perl-extension All perl extensions are binary, hence are
2394 # enumerateds, which means that we know that the input unknown value
2396 return if ! exists $Unicode::UCD::prop_aliases{$prop};
2398 # Otherwise, we assume it's valid, as documented.
2402 # The value name may be loosely or strictly matched; we don't know yet.
2403 # But both types use lower-case.
2406 # If the name isn't found under loose matching, it certainly won't be
2407 # found under strict
2408 my $loose_value = utf8::_loose_name($value);
2409 return unless exists $loose_to_standard_value{"$prop=$loose_value"};
2411 # Similarly if the combination under loose matching doesn't exist, it
2412 # won't exist under strict.
2413 my $standard_value = $loose_to_standard_value{"$prop=$loose_value"};
2414 return unless exists $prop_value_aliases{$prop}{$standard_value};
2416 # Here we did find a combination under loose matching rules. But it could
2417 # be that is a strict property match that shouldn't have matched.
2418 # %prop_value_aliases is set up so that the strict matches will appear as
2419 # if they were in loose form. Thus, if the non-loose version is legal,
2420 # we're ok, can skip the further check.
2421 if (! exists $utf8::stricter_to_file_of{"$prop=$value"}
2423 # We're also ok and skip the further check if value loosely matches.
2424 # mktables has verified that no strict name under loose rules maps to
2425 # an existing loose name. This code relies on the very limited
2426 # circumstances that strict names can be here. Strict name matching
2427 # happens under two conditions:
2428 # 1) when the name begins with an underscore. But this function
2429 # doesn't accept those, and %prop_value_aliases doesn't have
2431 # 2) When the values are numeric, in which case we need to look
2432 # further, but their squeezed-out loose values will be in
2433 # %stricter_to_file_of
2434 && exists $utf8::stricter_to_file_of{"$prop=$loose_value"})
2436 # The only thing that's legal loosely under strict is that can have an
2437 # underscore between digit pairs XXX
2438 while ($value =~ s/(\d)_(\d)/$1$2/g) {}
2439 return unless exists $utf8::stricter_to_file_of{"$prop=$value"};
2442 # Here, we know that the combination exists. Return it.
2443 my $list_ref = $prop_value_aliases{$prop}{$standard_value};
2444 if (@$list_ref > 1) {
2445 # The full name is in element 1.
2446 return $list_ref->[1] unless wantarray;
2448 return @{_dclone $list_ref};
2451 return $list_ref->[0] unless wantarray;
2453 # Only 1 element means that it repeats
2454 return ( $list_ref->[0], $list_ref->[0] );
2457 # All 1 bits but the top one is the largest possible IV.
2458 $Unicode::UCD::MAX_CP = (~0) >> 1;
2462 =head2 B<prop_invlist()>
2464 C<prop_invlist> returns an inversion list (described below) that defines all the
2465 code points for the binary Unicode property (or "property=value" pair) given
2466 by the input parameter string:
2469 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_invlist';
2470 say join ", ", prop_invlist("Any");
2475 If the input is unknown C<undef> is returned in scalar context; an empty-list
2476 in list context. If the input is known, the number of elements in
2477 the list is returned if called in scalar context.
2479 L<perluniprops|perluniprops/Properties accessible through \p{} and \P{}> gives
2480 the list of properties that this function accepts, as well as all the possible
2481 forms for them (including with the optional "Is_" prefixes). (Except this
2482 function doesn't accept any Perl-internal properties, some of which are listed
2483 there.) This function uses the same loose or tighter matching rules for
2484 resolving the input property's name as is done for regular expressions. These
2485 are also specified in L<perluniprops|perluniprops/Properties accessible
2486 through \p{} and \P{}>. Examples of using the "property=value" form are:
2488 say join ", ", prop_invlist("Script_Extensions=Shavian");
2493 say join ", ", prop_invlist("ASCII_Hex_Digit=No");
2496 0, 48, 58, 65, 71, 97, 103
2498 say join ", ", prop_invlist("ASCII_Hex_Digit=Yes");
2501 48, 58, 65, 71, 97, 103
2503 Inversion lists are a compact way of specifying Unicode property-value
2504 definitions. The 0th item in the list is the lowest code point that has the
2505 property-value. The next item (item [1]) is the lowest code point beyond that
2506 one that does NOT have the property-value. And the next item beyond that
2507 ([2]) is the lowest code point beyond that one that does have the
2508 property-value, and so on. Put another way, each element in the list gives
2509 the beginning of a range that has the property-value (for even numbered
2510 elements), or doesn't have the property-value (for odd numbered elements).
2511 The name for this data structure stems from the fact that each element in the
2512 list toggles (or inverts) whether the corresponding range is or isn't on the
2515 In the final example above, the first ASCII Hex digit is code point 48, the
2516 character "0", and all code points from it through 57 (a "9") are ASCII hex
2517 digits. Code points 58 through 64 aren't, but 65 (an "A") through 70 (an "F")
2518 are, as are 97 ("a") through 102 ("f"). 103 starts a range of code points
2519 that aren't ASCII hex digits. That range extends to infinity, which on your
2520 computer can be found in the variable C<$Unicode::UCD::MAX_CP>. (This
2521 variable is as close to infinity as Perl can get on your platform, and may be
2522 too high for some operations to work; you may wish to use a smaller number for
2525 Note that the inversion lists returned by this function can possibly include
2526 non-Unicode code points, that is anything above 0x10FFFF. Unicode properties
2527 are not defined on such code points. You might wish to change the output to
2528 not include these. Simply add 0x110000 at the end of the non-empty returned
2529 list if it isn't already that value; and pop that value if it is; like:
2531 my @list = prop_invlist("foo");
2533 if ($list[-1] == 0x110000) {
2534 pop @list; # Defeat the turning on for above Unicode
2537 push @list, 0x110000; # Turn off for above Unicode
2541 It is a simple matter to expand out an inversion list to a full list of all
2542 code points that have the property-value:
2544 my @invlist = prop_invlist($property_name);
2545 die "empty" unless @invlist;
2547 for (my $i = 0; $i < @invlist; $i += 2) {
2548 my $upper = ($i + 1) < @invlist
2549 ? $invlist[$i+1] - 1 # In range
2550 : $Unicode::UCD::MAX_CP; # To infinity.
2551 for my $j ($invlist[$i] .. $upper) {
2552 push @full_list, $j;
2556 C<prop_invlist> does not know about any user-defined nor Perl internal-only
2557 properties, and will return C<undef> if called with one of those.
2559 The L</search_invlist()> function is provided for finding a code point within
2564 # User-defined properties could be handled with some changes to utf8_heavy.pl;
2565 # and implementing here of dealing with EXTRAS. If done, consideration should
2566 # be given to the fact that the user subroutine could return different results
2567 # with each call; security issues need to be thought about.
2569 # These are created by mktables for this routine and stored in unicore/UCD.pl
2570 # where their structures are described.
2571 our %loose_defaults;
2572 our $MAX_UNICODE_CODEPOINT;
2574 sub prop_invlist ($;$) {
2577 # Undocumented way to get at Perl internal properties; it may be changed
2578 # or removed without notice at any time.
2579 my $internal_ok = defined $_[1] && $_[1] eq '_perl_core_internal_ok';
2581 return if ! defined $prop;
2583 require "utf8_heavy.pl";
2585 # Warnings for these are only for regexes, so not applicable to us
2586 no warnings 'deprecated';
2588 # Get the swash definition of the property-value.
2589 my $swash = utf8::SWASHNEW(__PACKAGE__, $prop, undef, 1, 0);
2591 # Fail if not found, or isn't a boolean property-value, or is a
2592 # user-defined property, or is internal-only.
2595 || $swash->{'BITS'} != 1
2596 || $swash->{'USER_DEFINED'}
2597 || (! $internal_ok && $prop =~ /^\s*_/);
2599 if ($swash->{'EXTRAS'}) {
2600 carp __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invlist: swash returned for $prop unexpectedly has EXTRAS magic";
2603 if ($swash->{'SPECIALS'}) {
2604 carp __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invlist: swash returned for $prop unexpectedly has SPECIALS magic";
2610 if ($swash->{'LIST'} =~ /^V/) {
2612 # A 'V' as the first character marks the input as already an inversion
2613 # list, in which case, all we need to do is put the remaining lines
2615 @invlist = split "\n", $swash->{'LIST'} =~ s/ \s* (?: \# .* )? $ //xmgr;
2619 # The input lines look like:
2623 # Split into lines, stripped of trailing comments
2624 foreach my $range (split "\n",
2625 $swash->{'LIST'} =~ s/ \s* (?: \# .* )? $ //xmgr)
2627 # And find the beginning and end of the range on the line
2628 my ($hex_begin, $hex_end) = split "\t", $range;
2629 my $begin = hex $hex_begin;
2631 # If the new range merely extends the old, we remove the marker
2632 # created the last time through the loop for the old's end, which
2633 # causes the new one's end to be used instead.
2634 if (@invlist && $begin == $invlist[-1]) {
2638 # Add the beginning of the range
2639 push @invlist, $begin;
2642 if (defined $hex_end) { # The next item starts with the code point 1
2643 # beyond the end of the range.
2644 no warnings 'portable';
2645 my $end = hex $hex_end;
2646 last if $end == $Unicode::UCD::MAX_CP;
2647 push @invlist, $end + 1;
2649 else { # No end of range, is a single code point.
2650 push @invlist, $begin + 1;
2655 # Could need to be inverted: add or subtract a 0 at the beginning of the
2657 if ($swash->{'INVERT_IT'}) {
2658 if (@invlist && $invlist[0] == 0) {
2662 unshift @invlist, 0;
2671 =head2 B<prop_invmap()>
2673 use Unicode::UCD 'prop_invmap';
2674 my ($list_ref, $map_ref, $format, $default)
2675 = prop_invmap("General Category");
2677 C<prop_invmap> is used to get the complete mapping definition for a property,
2678 in the form of an inversion map. An inversion map consists of two parallel
2679 arrays. One is an ordered list of code points that mark range beginnings, and
2680 the other gives the value (or mapping) that all code points in the
2681 corresponding range have.
2683 C<prop_invmap> is called with the name of the desired property. The name is
2684 loosely matched, meaning that differences in case, white-space, hyphens, and
2685 underscores are not meaningful (except for the trailing underscore in the
2686 old-form grandfathered-in property C<"L_">, which is better written as C<"LC">,
2687 or even better, C<"Gc=LC">).
2689 Many Unicode properties have more than one name (or alias). C<prop_invmap>
2690 understands all of these, including Perl extensions to them. Ambiguities are
2691 resolved as described above for L</prop_aliases()> (except if a property has
2692 both a complete mapping, and a binary C<Y>/C<N> mapping, then specifying the
2693 property name prefixed by C<"is"> causes the binary one to be returned). The
2694 Perl internal property "Perl_Decimal_Digit, described below, is also accepted.
2695 An empty list is returned if the property name is unknown.
2696 See L<perluniprops/Properties accessible through Unicode::UCD> for the
2697 properties acceptable as inputs to this function.
2699 It is a fatal error to call this function except in list context.
2701 In addition to the two arrays that form the inversion map, C<prop_invmap>
2702 returns two other values; one is a scalar that gives some details as to the
2703 format of the entries of the map array; the other is a default value, useful
2704 in maps whose format name begins with the letter C<"a">, as described
2705 L<below in its subsection|/a>; and for specialized purposes, such as
2706 converting to another data structure, described at the end of this main
2709 This means that C<prop_invmap> returns a 4 element list. For example,
2711 my ($blocks_ranges_ref, $blocks_maps_ref, $format, $default)
2712 = prop_invmap("Block");
2714 In this call, the two arrays will be populated as shown below (for Unicode
2717 Index @blocks_ranges @blocks_maps
2718 0 0x0000 Basic Latin
2719 1 0x0080 Latin-1 Supplement
2720 2 0x0100 Latin Extended-A
2721 3 0x0180 Latin Extended-B
2722 4 0x0250 IPA Extensions
2723 5 0x02B0 Spacing Modifier Letters
2724 6 0x0300 Combining Diacritical Marks
2725 7 0x0370 Greek and Coptic
2728 233 0x2B820 No_Block
2729 234 0x2F800 CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement
2730 235 0x2FA20 No_Block
2732 237 0xE0080 No_Block
2733 238 0xE0100 Variation Selectors Supplement
2734 239 0xE01F0 No_Block
2735 240 0xF0000 Supplementary Private Use Area-A
2736 241 0x100000 Supplementary Private Use Area-B
2737 242 0x110000 No_Block
2739 The first line (with Index [0]) means that the value for code point 0 is "Basic
2740 Latin". The entry "0x0080" in the @blocks_ranges column in the second line
2741 means that the value from the first line, "Basic Latin", extends to all code
2742 points in the range from 0 up to but not including 0x0080, that is, through
2743 127. In other words, the code points from 0 to 127 are all in the "Basic
2744 Latin" block. Similarly, all code points in the range from 0x0080 up to (but
2745 not including) 0x0100 are in the block named "Latin-1 Supplement", etc.
2746 (Notice that the return is the old-style block names; see L</Old-style versus
2747 new-style block names>).
2749 The final line (with Index [242]) means that the value for all code points above
2750 the legal Unicode maximum code point have the value "No_Block", which is the
2751 term Unicode uses for a non-existing block.
2753 The arrays completely specify the mappings for all possible code points.
2754 The final element in an inversion map returned by this function will always be
2755 for the range that consists of all the code points that aren't legal Unicode,
2756 but that are expressible on the platform. (That is, it starts with code point
2757 0x110000, the first code point above the legal Unicode maximum, and extends to
2758 infinity.) The value for that range will be the same that any typical
2759 unassigned code point has for the specified property. (Certain unassigned
2760 code points are not "typical"; for example the non-character code points, or
2761 those in blocks that are to be written right-to-left. The above-Unicode
2762 range's value is not based on these atypical code points.) It could be argued
2763 that, instead of treating these as unassigned Unicode code points, the value
2764 for this range should be C<undef>. If you wish, you can change the returned
2767 The maps for almost all properties are simple scalars that should be
2769 These values are those given in the Unicode-supplied data files, which may be
2770 inconsistent as to capitalization and as to which synonym for a property-value
2771 is given. The results may be normalized by using the L</prop_value_aliases()>
2774 There are exceptions to the simple scalar maps. Some properties have some
2775 elements in their map list that are themselves lists of scalars; and some
2776 special strings are returned that are not to be interpreted as-is. Element
2777 [2] (placed into C<$format> in the example above) of the returned four element
2778 list tells you if the map has any of these special elements or not, as follows:
2784 means all the elements of the map array are simple scalars, with no special
2785 elements. Almost all properties are like this, like the C<block> example
2790 means that some of the map array elements have the form given by C<"s">, and
2791 the rest are lists of scalars. For example, here is a portion of the output
2792 of calling C<prop_invmap>() with the "Script Extensions" property:
2794 @scripts_ranges @scripts_maps
2797 0x0964 [ Bengali, Devanagari, Gurumukhi, Oriya ]
2801 Here, the code points 0x964 and 0x965 are both used in Bengali,
2802 Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and Oriya, but no other scripts.
2804 The Name_Alias property is also of this form. But each scalar consists of two
2805 components: 1) the name, and 2) the type of alias this is. They are
2806 separated by a colon and a space. In Unicode 6.1, there are several alias types:
2812 indicates that the name is a corrected form for the
2813 original name (which remains valid) for the same code point.
2817 adds a new name for a control character.
2821 is an alternate name for a character
2825 is a name for a character that has been documented but was never in any
2828 =item C<abbreviation>
2830 is a common abbreviation for a character
2834 The lists are ordered (roughly) so the most preferred names come before less
2839 @aliases_ranges @alias_maps
2841 0x009E [ 'PRIVACY MESSAGE: control', 'PM: abbreviation' ]
2842 0x009F [ 'APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND: control',
2845 0x00A0 'NBSP: abbreviation'
2847 0x00AD 'SHY: abbreviation'
2849 0x01A2 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER GHA: correction'
2850 0x01A3 'LATIN SMALL LETTER GHA: correction'
2854 A map to the empty string means that there is no alias defined for the code
2859 is like C<"s"> in that all the map array elements are scalars, but here they are
2860 restricted to all being integers, and some have to be adjusted (hence the name
2861 C<"a">) to get the correct result. For example, in:
2863 my ($uppers_ranges_ref, $uppers_maps_ref, $format, $default)
2864 = prop_invmap("Simple_Uppercase_Mapping");
2866 the returned arrays look like this:
2868 @$uppers_ranges_ref @$uppers_maps_ref Note
2870 97 65 'a' maps to 'A', b => B ...
2872 181 924 MICRO SIGN => Greek Cap MU
2876 and C<$default> is 0.
2878 Let's start with the second line. It says that the uppercase of code point 97
2879 is 65; or C<uc("a")> == "A". But the line is for the entire range of code
2880 points 97 through 122. To get the mapping for any code point in this range,
2881 you take the offset it has from the beginning code point of the range, and add
2882 that to the mapping for that first code point. So, the mapping for 122 ("z")
2883 is derived by taking the offset of 122 from 97 (=25) and adding that to 65,
2884 yielding 90 ("z"). Likewise for everything in between.
2886 Requiring this simple adjustment allows the returned arrays to be
2887 significantly smaller than otherwise, up to a factor of 10, speeding up
2888 searching through them.
2890 Ranges that map to C<$default>, C<"0">, behave somewhat differently. For
2891 these, each code point maps to itself. So, in the first line in the example,
2892 S<C<ord(uc(chr(0)))>> is 0, S<C<ord(uc(chr(1)))>> is 1, ..
2893 S<C<ord(uc(chr(96)))>> is 96.
2897 means that some of the map array elements have the form given by C<"a">, and
2898 the rest are ordered lists of code points.
2901 my ($uppers_ranges_ref, $uppers_maps_ref, $format, $default)
2902 = prop_invmap("Uppercase_Mapping");
2904 the returned arrays look like this:
2906 @$uppers_ranges_ref @$uppers_maps_ref
2913 0x0149 [ 0x02BC 0x004E ]
2918 This is the full Uppercase_Mapping property (as opposed to the
2919 Simple_Uppercase_Mapping given in the example for format C<"a">). The only
2920 difference between the two in the ranges shown is that the code point at
2921 0x0149 (LATIN SMALL LETTER N PRECEDED BY APOSTROPHE) maps to a string of two
2922 characters, 0x02BC (MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE) followed by 0x004E (LATIN
2925 No adjustments are needed to entries that are references to arrays; each such
2926 entry will have exactly one element in its range, so the offset is always 0.
2928 The fourth (index [3]) element (C<$default>) in the list returned for this
2933 This is like C<"a">, but some elements are the empty string, and should not be
2935 The one internal Perl property accessible by C<prop_invmap> is of this type:
2936 "Perl_Decimal_Digit" returns an inversion map which gives the numeric values
2937 that are represented by the Unicode decimal digit characters. Characters that
2938 don't represent decimal digits map to the empty string, like so:
2953 This means that the code points from 0 to 0x2F do not represent decimal digits;
2954 the code point 0x30 (DIGIT ZERO) represents 0; code point 0x31, (DIGIT ONE),
2955 represents 0+1-0 = 1; ... code point 0x39, (DIGIT NINE), represents 0+9-0 = 9;
2956 ... code points 0x3A through 0x65F do not represent decimal digits; 0x660
2957 (ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ZERO), represents 0; ... 0x07C1 (NKO DIGIT ONE),
2958 represents 0+1-0 = 1 ...
2960 The fourth (index [3]) element (C<$default>) in the list returned for this
2961 format is the empty string.
2965 is a combination of the C<"al"> type and the C<"ae"> type. Some of
2966 the map array elements have the forms given by C<"al">, and
2967 the rest are the empty string. The property C<NFKC_Casefold> has this form.
2968 An example slice is:
2970 @$ranges_ref @$maps_ref Note
2972 0x00AA 97 FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR => 'a'
2974 0x00AD SOFT HYPHEN => ""
2976 0x00AF [ 0x0020, 0x0304 ] MACRON => SPACE . COMBINING MACRON
2980 The fourth (index [3]) element (C<$default>) in the list returned for this
2985 means that all the elements of the map array are either rational numbers or
2986 the string C<"NaN">, meaning "Not a Number". A rational number is either an
2987 integer, or two integers separated by a solidus (C<"/">). The second integer
2988 represents the denominator of the division implied by the solidus, and is
2989 actually always positive, so it is guaranteed not to be 0 and to not be
2990 signed. When the element is a plain integer (without the
2991 solidus), it may need to be adjusted to get the correct value by adding the
2992 offset, just as other C<"a"> properties. No adjustment is needed for
2993 fractions, as the range is guaranteed to have just a single element, and so
2994 the offset is always 0.
2996 If you want to convert the returned map to entirely scalar numbers, you
2997 can use something like this:
2999 my ($invlist_ref, $invmap_ref, $format) = prop_invmap($property);
3000 if ($format && $format eq "ar") {
3001 map { $_ = eval $_ if $_ ne 'NaN' } @$map_ref;
3004 Here's some entries from the output of the property "Nv", which has format
3007 @numerics_ranges @numerics_maps Note
3009 0x30 0 DIGIT 0 .. DIGIT 9
3011 0xB2 2 SUPERSCRIPTs 2 and 3
3013 0xB9 1 SUPERSCRIPT 1
3015 0xBC 1/4 VULGAR FRACTION 1/4
3016 0xBD 1/2 VULGAR FRACTION 1/2
3017 0xBE 3/4 VULGAR FRACTION 3/4
3019 0x660 0 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ZERO .. NINE
3022 The fourth (index [3]) element (C<$default>) in the list returned for this
3027 means the Name property. All the elements of the map array are simple
3028 scalars, but some of them contain special strings that require more work to
3029 get the actual name.
3033 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-<code point>
3035 mean that the name for the code point is "CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-"
3036 with the code point (expressed in hexadecimal) appended to it, like "CJK
3037 UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3403" (similarly for S<C<CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-E<lt>code
3044 means that the name is algorithmically calculated. This is easily done by
3045 the function L<charnames/charnames::viacode(code)>.
3047 Note that for control characters (C<Gc=cc>), Unicode's data files have the
3048 string "C<E<lt>controlE<gt>>", but the real name of each of these characters is the empty
3049 string. This function returns that real name, the empty string. (There are
3050 names for these characters, but they are considered aliases, not the Name
3051 property name, and are contained in the C<Name_Alias> property.)
3055 means the Decomposition_Mapping property. This property is like C<"al">
3056 properties, except that one of the scalar elements is of the form:
3060 This signifies that this entry should be replaced by the decompositions for
3061 all the code points whose decomposition is algorithmically calculated. (All
3062 of them are currently in one range and no others outside the range are likely
3063 to ever be added to Unicode; the C<"n"> format
3064 has this same entry.) These can be generated via the function
3065 L<Unicode::Normalize::NFD()|Unicode::Normalize>.
3067 Note that the mapping is the one that is specified in the Unicode data files,
3068 and to get the final decomposition, it may need to be applied recursively.
3069 Unicode in fact discourages use of this property except internally in
3070 implementations of the Unicode Normalization Algorithm.
3072 The fourth (index [3]) element (C<$default>) in the list returned for this
3077 Note that a format begins with the letter "a" if and only the property it is
3078 for requires adjustments by adding the offsets in multi-element ranges. For
3079 all these properties, an entry should be adjusted only if the map is a scalar
3080 which is an integer. That is, it must match the regular expression:
3084 Further, the first element in a range never needs adjustment, as the
3085 adjustment would be just adding 0.
3087 A binary search such as that provided by L</search_invlist()>, can be used to
3088 quickly find a code point in the inversion list, and hence its corresponding
3091 The final, fourth element (index [3], assigned to C<$default> in the "block"
3092 example) in the four element list returned by this function is used with the
3093 C<"a"> format types; it may also be useful for applications
3094 that wish to convert the returned inversion map data structure into some
3095 other, such as a hash. It gives the mapping that most code points map to
3096 under the property. If you establish the convention that any code point not
3097 explicitly listed in your data structure maps to this value, you can
3098 potentially make your data structure much smaller. As you construct your data
3099 structure from the one returned by this function, simply ignore those ranges
3100 that map to this value. For example, to
3101 convert to the data structure searchable by L</charinrange()>, you can follow
3102 this recipe for properties that don't require adjustments:
3104 my ($list_ref, $map_ref, $format, $default) = prop_invmap($property);
3107 # Look at each element in the list, but the -2 is needed because we
3108 # look at $i+1 in the loop, and the final element is guaranteed to map
3109 # to $default by prop_invmap(), so we would skip it anyway.
3110 for my $i (0 .. @$list_ref - 2) {
3111 next if $map_ref->[$i] eq $default;
3112 push @range_list, [ $list_ref->[$i],
3118 print charinrange(\@range_list, $code_point), "\n";
3120 With this, C<charinrange()> will return C<undef> if its input code point maps
3121 to C<$default>. You can avoid this by omitting the C<next> statement, and adding
3122 a line after the loop to handle the final element of the inversion map.
3124 Similarly, this recipe can be used for properties that do require adjustments:
3126 for my $i (0 .. @$list_ref - 2) {
3127 next if $map_ref->[$i] eq $default;
3129 # prop_invmap() guarantees that if the mapping is to an array, the
3130 # range has just one element, so no need to worry about adjustments.
3131 if (ref $map_ref->[$i]) {
3133 [ $list_ref->[$i], $list_ref->[$i], $map_ref->[$i] ];
3135 else { # Otherwise each element is actually mapped to a separate
3136 # value, so the range has to be split into single code point
3141 # For each code point that gets mapped to something...
3142 for my $j ($list_ref->[$i] .. $list_ref->[$i+1] -1 ) {
3144 # ... add a range consisting of just it mapping to the
3145 # original plus the adjustment, which is incremented for the
3146 # next time through the loop, as the offset increases by 1
3147 # for each element in the range
3149 [ $j, $j, $map_ref->[$i] + $adjustment++ ];
3154 Note that the inversion maps returned for the C<Case_Folding> and
3155 C<Simple_Case_Folding> properties do not include the Turkic-locale mappings.
3156 Use L</casefold()> for these.
3158 C<prop_invmap> does not know about any user-defined properties, and will
3159 return C<undef> if called with one of those.
3161 The returned values for the Perl extension properties, such as C<Any> and
3162 C<Greek> are somewhat misleading. The values are either C<"Y"> or C<"N>".
3163 All Unicode properties are bipartite, so you can actually use the C<"Y"> or
3164 C<"N>" in a Perl regular expression for these, like C<qr/\p{ID_Start=Y/}> or
3165 C<qr/\p{Upper=N/}>. But the Perl extensions aren't specified this way, only
3166 like C</qr/\p{Any}>, I<etc>. You can't actually use the C<"Y"> and C<"N>" in
3169 =head3 Getting every available name
3171 Instead of reading the Unicode Database directly from files, as you were able
3172 to do for a long time, you are encouraged to use the supplied functions. So,
3173 instead of reading C<Name.pl> - which may disappear without notice in the
3174 future - directly, as with
3177 for (split m/\s*\n/ => do "unicore/Name.pl") {
3178 my ($cp, $name) = split m/\t/ => $_;
3180 $name{$cp} = $name unless $cp =~ m/ /;
3183 You ought to use L</prop_invmap()> like this:
3185 my (%name, %cp, %cps, $n);
3187 foreach my $cat (qw( Name Name_Alias )) {
3188 my ($codepoints, $names, $format, $default) = prop_invmap($cat);
3189 # $format => "n", $default => ""
3190 foreach my $i (0 .. @$codepoints - 2) {
3191 my ($cp, $n) = ($codepoints->[$i], $names->[$i]);
3192 # If $n is a ref, the same codepoint has multiple names
3193 foreach my $name (ref $n ? @$n : $n) {
3194 $name{$cp} //= $name;
3200 { my %ns = namedseq();
3201 foreach my $name (sort { $ns{$a} cmp $ns{$b} } keys %ns) {
3202 $cp{$name} //= [ map { ord } split "" => $ns{$name} ];
3208 # User-defined properties could be handled with some changes to utf8_heavy.pl;
3209 # if done, consideration should be given to the fact that the user subroutine
3210 # could return different results with each call, which could lead to some
3213 # One could store things in memory so they don't have to be recalculated, but
3214 # it is unlikely this will be called often, and some properties would take up
3215 # significant memory.
3217 # These are created by mktables for this routine and stored in unicore/UCD.pl
3218 # where their structures are described.
3219 our @algorithmic_named_code_points;
3223 sub prop_invmap ($;$) {
3225 croak __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invmap: must be called in list context" unless wantarray;
3228 return unless defined $prop;
3230 # Undocumented way to get at Perl internal properties; it may be changed
3231 # or removed without notice at any time. It currently also changes the
3232 # output to use the format specified in the file rather than the one we
3233 # normally compute and return
3234 my $internal_ok = defined $_[1] && $_[1] eq '_perl_core_internal_ok';
3236 # Fail internal properties
3237 return if $prop =~ /^_/ && ! $internal_ok;
3239 # The values returned by this function.
3240 my (@invlist, @invmap, $format, $missing);
3242 # The swash has two components we look at, the base list, and a hash,
3243 # named 'SPECIALS', containing any additional members whose mappings don't
3244 # fit into the base list scheme of things. These generally 'override'
3245 # any value in the base list for the same code point.
3248 require "utf8_heavy.pl";
3249 require "unicore/UCD.pl";
3253 # If there are multiple entries for a single code point
3254 my $has_multiples = 0;
3256 # Try to get the map swash for the property. They have 'To' prepended to
3257 # the property name, and 32 means we will accept 32 bit return values.
3258 # The 0 means we aren't calling this from tr///.
3259 my $swash = utf8::SWASHNEW(__PACKAGE__, "To$prop", undef, 32, 0);
3261 # If didn't find it, could be because needs a proxy. And if was the
3262 # 'Block' or 'Name' property, use a proxy even if did find it. Finding it
3263 # in these cases would be the result of the installation changing mktables
3264 # to output the Block or Name tables. The Block table gives block names
3265 # in the new-style, and this routine is supposed to return old-style block
3266 # names. The Name table is valid, but we need to execute the special code
3267 # below to add in the algorithmic-defined name entries.
3268 # And NFKCCF needs conversion, so handle that here too.
3269 if (ref $swash eq ""
3270 || $swash->{'TYPE'} =~ / ^ To (?: Blk | Na | NFKCCF ) $ /x)
3273 # Get the short name of the input property, in standard form
3274 my ($second_try) = prop_aliases($prop);
3275 return unless $second_try;
3276 $second_try = utf8::_loose_name(lc $second_try);
3278 if ($second_try eq "in") {
3280 # This property is identical to age for inversion map purposes
3284 elsif ($second_try =~ / ^ s ( cf | fc | [ltu] c ) $ /x) {
3286 # These properties use just the LIST part of the full mapping,
3287 # which includes the simple maps that are otherwise overridden by
3288 # the SPECIALS. So all we need do is to not look at the SPECIALS;
3289 # set $overrides to indicate that
3292 # The full name is the simple name stripped of its initial 's'
3295 # .. except for this case
3296 $prop = 'cf' if $prop eq 'fc';
3300 elsif ($second_try eq "blk") {
3302 # We use the old block names. Just create a fake swash from its
3306 $blocks{'LIST'} = "";
3307 $blocks{'TYPE'} = "ToBlk";
3308 $utf8::SwashInfo{ToBlk}{'missing'} = "No_Block";
3309 $utf8::SwashInfo{ToBlk}{'format'} = "s";
3311 foreach my $block (@BLOCKS) {
3312 $blocks{'LIST'} .= sprintf "%x\t%x\t%s\n",
3319 elsif ($second_try eq "na") {
3321 # Use the combo file that has all the Name-type properties in it,
3322 # extracting just the ones that are for the actual 'Name'
3323 # property. And create a fake swash from it.
3325 $names{'LIST'} = "";
3326 my $original = do "unicore/Name.pl";
3327 my $algorithm_names = \@algorithmic_named_code_points;
3329 # We need to remove the names from it that are aliases. For that
3330 # we need to also read in that table. Create a hash with the keys
3331 # being the code points, and the values being a list of the
3332 # aliases for the code point key.
3333 my ($aliases_code_points, $aliases_maps, undef, undef)
3334 = &prop_invmap("_Perl_Name_Alias", '_perl_core_internal_ok');
3336 for (my $i = 0; $i < @$aliases_code_points; $i++) {
3337 my $code_point = $aliases_code_points->[$i];
3338 $aliases{$code_point} = $aliases_maps->[$i];
3340 # If not already a list, make it into one, so that later we
3341 # can treat things uniformly
3342 if (! ref $aliases{$code_point}) {
3343 $aliases{$code_point} = [ $aliases{$code_point} ];
3346 # Remove the alias type from the entry, retaining just the
3348 map { s/:.*// } @{$aliases{$code_point}};
3352 foreach my $line (split "\n", $original) {
3353 my ($hex_code_point, $name) = split "\t", $line;
3355 # Weeds out all comments, blank lines, and named sequences
3356 next if $hex_code_point =~ /[^[:xdigit:]]/a;
3358 my $code_point = hex $hex_code_point;
3360 # The name of all controls is the default: the empty string.
3361 # The set of controls is immutable
3362 next if chr($code_point) =~ /[[:cntrl:]]/u;
3364 # If this is a name_alias, it isn't a name
3365 next if grep { $_ eq $name } @{$aliases{$code_point}};
3367 # If we are beyond where one of the special lines needs to
3369 while ($i < @$algorithm_names
3370 && $code_point > $algorithm_names->[$i]->{'low'})
3373 # ... then insert it, ahead of what we were about to
3375 $names{'LIST'} .= sprintf "%x\t%x\t%s\n",
3376 $algorithm_names->[$i]->{'low'},
3377 $algorithm_names->[$i]->{'high'},
3378 $algorithm_names->[$i]->{'name'};
3380 # Done with this range.
3383 # We loop until all special lines that precede the next
3384 # regular one are output.
3387 # Here, is a normal name.
3388 $names{'LIST'} .= sprintf "%x\t\t%s\n", $code_point, $name;
3389 } # End of loop through all the names
3391 $names{'TYPE'} = "ToNa";
3392 $utf8::SwashInfo{ToNa}{'missing'} = "";
3393 $utf8::SwashInfo{ToNa}{'format'} = "n";
3396 elsif ($second_try =~ / ^ ( d [mt] ) $ /x) {
3398 # The file is a combination of dt and dm properties. Create a
3399 # fake swash from the portion that we want.
3400 my $original = do "unicore/Decomposition.pl";
3403 if ($second_try eq 'dt') {
3404 $decomps{'TYPE'} = "ToDt";
3405 $utf8::SwashInfo{'ToDt'}{'missing'} = "None";
3406 $utf8::SwashInfo{'ToDt'}{'format'} = "s";
3407 } # 'dm' is handled below, with 'nfkccf'
3409 $decomps{'LIST'} = "";
3411 # This property has one special range not in the file: for the
3412 # hangul syllables. But not in Unicode version 1.
3413 UnicodeVersion() unless defined $v_unicode_version;
3414 my $done_hangul = ($v_unicode_version lt v2.0.0)
3416 : 0; # Have we done the hangul range ?
3417 foreach my $line (split "\n", $original) {
3418 my ($hex_lower, $hex_upper, $type_and_map) = split "\t", $line;
3419 my $code_point = hex $hex_lower;
3423 # The type, enclosed in <...>, precedes the mapping separated
3425 if ($type_and_map =~ / ^ < ( .* ) > \s+ (.*) $ /x) {
3426 $value = ($second_try eq 'dt') ? $1 : $2
3428 else { # If there is no type specified, it's canonical
3429 $value = ($second_try eq 'dt')
3434 # Insert the hangul range at the appropriate spot.
3435 if (! $done_hangul && $code_point > $HANGUL_BEGIN) {
3438 sprintf "%x\t%x\t%s\n",
3440 $HANGUL_BEGIN + $HANGUL_COUNT - 1,
3441 ($second_try eq 'dt')
3443 : "<hangul syllable>";
3446 if ($value =~ / / && $hex_upper ne "" && $hex_upper ne $hex_lower) {
3447 $line = sprintf("%04X\t%s\t%s", hex($hex_lower) + 1, $hex_upper, $value);
3452 # And append this to our constructed LIST.
3453 $decomps{'LIST'} .= "$hex_lower\t$hex_upper\t$value\n";
3459 elsif ($second_try ne 'nfkccf') { # Don't know this property. Fail.
3463 if ($second_try eq 'nfkccf' || $second_try eq 'dm') {
3465 # The 'nfkccf' property is stored in the old format for backwards
3466 # compatibility for any applications that has read its file
3467 # directly before prop_invmap() existed.
3468 # And the code above has extracted the 'dm' property from its file
3469 # yielding the same format. So here we convert them to adjusted
3470 # format for compatibility with the other properties similar to
3474 # We construct a new converted list.
3477 my @ranges = split "\n", $swash->{'LIST'};
3478 for (my $i = 0; $i < @ranges; $i++) {
3479 my ($hex_begin, $hex_end, $map) = split "\t", $ranges[$i];
3481 # The dm property has maps that are space separated sequences
3482 # of code points, as well as the special entry "<hangul
3483 # syllable>, which also contains a blank.
3484 my @map = split " ", $map;
3487 # If it's just the special entry, append as-is.
3488 if ($map eq '<hangul syllable>') {
3489 $list .= "$ranges[$i]\n";
3493 # These should all be single-element ranges.
3494 croak __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invmap: Not expecting a mapping with multiple code points in a multi-element range, $ranges[$i]" if $hex_end ne "" && $hex_end ne $hex_begin;
3496 # Convert them to decimal, as that's what's expected.
3497 $list .= "$hex_begin\t\t"
3498 . join(" ", map { hex } @map)
3504 # Here, the mapping doesn't have a blank, is for a single code
3506 my $begin = hex $hex_begin;
3507 my $end = (defined $hex_end && $hex_end ne "")
3511 # Again, the output is to be in decimal.
3512 my $decimal_map = hex $map;
3514 # We know that multi-element ranges with the same mapping
3515 # should not be adjusted, as after the adjustment
3516 # multi-element ranges are for consecutive increasing code
3517 # points. Further, the final element in the list won't be
3518 # adjusted, as there is nothing after it to include in the
3520 if ($begin != $end || $i == @ranges -1) {
3522 # So just convert these to single-element ranges
3523 foreach my $code_point ($begin .. $end) {
3524 $list .= sprintf("%04X\t\t%d\n",
3525 $code_point, $decimal_map);
3530 # Here, we have a candidate for adjusting. What we do is
3531 # look through the subsequent adjacent elements in the
3532 # input. If the map to the next one differs by 1 from the
3533 # one before, then we combine into a larger range with the
3534 # initial map. Loop doing this until we find one that
3535 # can't be combined.
3537 my $offset = 0; # How far away are we from the initial
3539 my $squished = 0; # ? Did we squish at least two
3540 # elements together into one range
3541 for ( ; $i < @ranges; $i++) {
3542 my ($next_hex_begin, $next_hex_end, $next_map)
3543 = split "\t", $ranges[$i+1];
3545 # In the case of 'dm', the map may be a sequence of
3546 # multiple code points, which are never combined with
3548 last if $next_map =~ / /;
3551 my $next_decimal_map = hex $next_map;
3553 # If the next map is not next in sequence, it
3554 # shouldn't be combined.
3555 last if $next_decimal_map != $decimal_map + $offset;
3557 my $next_begin = hex $next_hex_begin;
3559 # Likewise, if the next element isn't adjacent to the
3560 # previous one, it shouldn't be combined.
3561 last if $next_begin != $begin + $offset;
3563 my $next_end = (defined $next_hex_end
3564 && $next_hex_end ne "")
3568 # And finally, if the next element is a multi-element
3569 # range, it shouldn't be combined.
3570 last if $next_end != $next_begin;
3572 # Here, we will combine. Loop to see if we should
3573 # combine the next element too.
3579 # Here, 'i' is the element number of the last element to
3580 # be combined, and the range is single-element, or we
3581 # wouldn't be combining. Get it's code point.
3582 my ($hex_end, undef, undef) = split "\t", $ranges[$i];
3583 $list .= "$hex_begin\t$hex_end\t$decimal_map\n";
3586 # Here, no combining done. Just append the initial
3587 # (and current) values.
3588 $list .= "$hex_begin\t\t$decimal_map\n";
3591 } # End of loop constructing the converted list
3593 # Finish up the data structure for our converted swash
3594 my $type = ($second_try eq 'nfkccf') ? 'ToNFKCCF' : 'ToDm';
3595 $revised_swash{'LIST'} = $list;
3596 $revised_swash{'TYPE'} = $type;
3597 $revised_swash{'SPECIALS'} = $swash->{'SPECIALS'};
3598 $swash = \%revised_swash;
3600 $utf8::SwashInfo{$type}{'missing'} = 0;
3601 $utf8::SwashInfo{$type}{'format'} = 'a';
3605 if ($swash->{'EXTRAS'}) {
3606 carp __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invmap: swash returned for $prop unexpectedly has EXTRAS magic";
3610 # Here, have a valid swash return. Examine it.
3611 my $returned_prop = $swash->{'TYPE'};
3613 # All properties but binary ones should have 'missing' and 'format'
3615 $missing = $utf8::SwashInfo{$returned_prop}{'missing'};
3616 $missing = 'N' unless defined $missing;
3618 $format = $utf8::SwashInfo{$returned_prop}{'format'};
3619 $format = 'b' unless defined $format;
3621 my $requires_adjustment = $format =~ /^a/;
3623 if ($swash->{'LIST'} =~ /^V/) {
3624 @invlist = split "\n", $swash->{'LIST'} =~ s/ \s* (?: \# .* )? $ //xmgr;
3626 shift @invlist; # Get rid of 'V';
3628 # Could need to be inverted: add or subtract a 0 at the beginning of
3630 if ($swash->{'INVERT_IT'}) {
3631 if (@invlist && $invlist[0] == 0) {
3635 unshift @invlist, 0;
3640 foreach my $i (0 .. @invlist - 1) {
3641 $invmap[$i] = ($i % 2 == 0) ? 'Y' : 'N'
3644 # The map includes lines for all code points; add one for the range
3645 # from 0 to the first Y.
3646 if ($invlist[0] != 0) {
3647 unshift @invlist, 0;
3648 unshift @invmap, 'N';
3653 if ($swash->{'INVERT_IT'}) {
3654 croak __PACKAGE__, ":prop_invmap: Don't know how to deal with inverted";
3657 # The LIST input lines look like:
3660 # 0375\t0377\tGreek # [3]
3661 # 037A\t037D\tGreek # [4]
3666 # Convert them to like
3675 # For binary properties, the final non-comment column is absent, and
3676 # assumed to be 'Y'.
3678 foreach my $range (split "\n", $swash->{'LIST'}) {
3679 $range =~ s/ \s* (?: \# .* )? $ //xg; # rmv trailing space, comments
3681 # Find the beginning and end of the range on the line
3682 my ($hex_begin, $hex_end, $map) = split "\t", $range;
3683 my $begin = hex $hex_begin;
3684 no warnings 'portable';
3685 my $end = (defined $hex_end && $hex_end ne "")
3689 # Each time through the loop (after the first):
3690 # $invlist[-2] contains the beginning of the previous range processed
3691 # $invlist[-1] contains the end+1 of the previous range processed
3692 # $invmap[-2] contains the value of the previous range processed
3693 # $invmap[-1] contains the default value for missing ranges
3696 # Thus, things are set up for the typical case of a new
3697 # non-adjacent range of non-missings to be added. But, if the new
3698 # range is adjacent, it needs to replace the [-1] element; and if
3699 # the new range is a multiple value of the previous one, it needs
3700 # to be added to the [-2] map element.
3702 # The first time through, everything will be empty. If the
3703 # property doesn't have a range that begins at 0, add one that
3708 push @invmap, $missing;
3711 elsif (@invlist > 1 && $invlist[-2] == $begin) {
3713 # Here we handle the case where the input has multiple entries
3714 # for each code point. mktables should have made sure that
3715 # each such range contains only one code point. At this
3716 # point, $invlist[-1] is the $missing that was added at the
3717 # end of the last loop iteration, and [-2] is the last real
3718 # input code point, and that code point is the same as the one
3719 # we are adding now, making the new one a multiple entry. Add
3720 # it to the existing entry, either by pushing it to the
3721 # existing list of multiple entries, or converting the single
3722 # current entry into a list with both on it. This is all we
3723 # need do for this iteration.
3725 if ($end != $begin) {
3726 croak __PACKAGE__, ":prop_invmap: Multiple maps per code point in '$prop' require single-element ranges: begin=$begin, end=$end, map=$map";
3728 if (! ref $invmap[-2]) {
3729 $invmap[-2] = [ $invmap[-2], $map ];
3732 push @{$invmap[-2]}, $map;
3737 elsif ($invlist[-1] == $begin) {
3739 # If the input isn't in the most compact form, so that there
3740 # are two adjacent ranges that map to the same thing, they
3741 # should be combined (EXCEPT where the arrays require
3742 # adjustments, in which case everything is already set up
3743 # correctly). This happens in our constructed dt mapping, as
3744 # Element [-2] is the map for the latest range so far
3745 # processed. Just set the beginning point of the map to
3746 # $missing (in invlist[-1]) to 1 beyond where this range ends.
3750 # we have set it up so that it looks like
3754 # We now see that it should be
3757 if (! $requires_adjustment && @invlist > 1 && ( (defined $map)
3758 ? $invmap[-2] eq $map
3759 : $invmap[-2] eq 'Y'))
3761 $invlist[-1] = $end + 1;
3765 # Here, the range started in the previous iteration that maps
3766 # to $missing starts at the same code point as this range.
3767 # That means there is no gap to fill that that range was
3768 # intended for, so we just pop it off the parallel arrays.
3773 # Add the range beginning, and the range's map.
3774 push @invlist, $begin;
3775 if ($returned_prop eq 'ToDm') {
3777 # The decomposition maps are either a line like <hangul
3778 # syllable> which are to be taken as is; or a sequence of code
3779 # points in hex and separated by blanks. Convert them to
3780 # decimal, and if there is more than one, use an anonymous
3782 if ($map =~ /^ < /x) {
3786 my @map = split " ", $map;
3788 push @invmap, $map[0];
3791 push @invmap, \@map;
3797 # Otherwise, convert hex formatted list entries to decimal;
3798 # add a 'Y' map for the missing value in binary properties, or
3799 # otherwise, use the input map unchanged.
3800 $map = ($format eq 'x' || $format eq 'ax')
3808 # We just started a range. It ends with $end. The gap between it
3809 # and the next element in the list must be filled with a range
3810 # that maps to the default value. If there is no gap, the next
3811 # iteration will pop this, unless there is no next iteration, and
3812 # we have filled all of the Unicode code space, so check for that
3814 if ($end < $Unicode::UCD::MAX_CP) {
3815 push @invlist, $end + 1;
3816 push @invmap, $missing;
3821 # If the property is empty, make all code points use the value for missing
3825 push @invmap, $missing;
3828 # The final element is always for just the above-Unicode code points. If
3829 # not already there, add it. It merely splits the current final range
3830 # that extends to infinity into two elements, each with the same map.
3831 # (This is to conform with the API that says the final element is for
3832 # $MAX_UNICODE_CODEPOINT + 1 .. INFINITY.)
3833 if ($invlist[-1] != $MAX_UNICODE_CODEPOINT + 1) {
3834 push @invmap, $invmap[-1];
3835 push @invlist, $MAX_UNICODE_CODEPOINT + 1;
3838 # The second component of the map are those values that require
3839 # non-standard specification, stored in SPECIALS. These override any
3840 # duplicate code points in LIST. If we are using a proxy, we may have
3841 # already set $overrides based on the proxy.
3842 $overrides = $swash->{'SPECIALS'} unless defined $overrides;
3845 # A negative $overrides implies that the SPECIALS should be ignored,
3846 # and a simple 'a' list is the value.
3847 if ($overrides < 0) {
3852 # Currently, all overrides are for properties that normally map to
3853 # single code points, but now some will map to lists of code
3854 # points (but there is an exception case handled below).
3857 # Look through the overrides.
3858 foreach my $cp_maybe_utf8 (keys %$overrides) {
3862 # If the overrides came from SPECIALS, the code point keys are
3864 if ($overrides == $swash->{'SPECIALS'}) {
3865 $cp = $cp_maybe_utf8;
3866 if (! utf8::decode($cp)) {
3867 croak __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invmap: Malformed UTF-8: ",
3868 map { sprintf("\\x{%02X}", unpack("C", $_)) }
3872 $cp = unpack("W", $cp);
3873 @map = unpack "W*", $swash->{'SPECIALS'}{$cp_maybe_utf8};
3875 # The empty string will show up unpacked as an empty
3877 $format = 'ale' if @map == 0;
3881 # But if we generated the overrides, we didn't bother to
3882 # pack them, and we, so far, do this only for properties
3883 # that are 'a' ones.
3884 $cp = $cp_maybe_utf8;
3885 @map = hex $overrides->{$cp};
3889 # Find the range that the override applies to.
3890 my $i = search_invlist(\@invlist, $cp);
3891 if ($cp < $invlist[$i] || $cp >= $invlist[$i + 1]) {
3892 croak __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invmap: wrong_range, cp=$cp; i=$i, current=$invlist[$i]; next=$invlist[$i + 1]"
3895 # And what that range currently maps to
3896 my $cur_map = $invmap[$i];
3898 # If there is a gap between the next range and the code point
3899 # we are overriding, we have to add elements to both arrays to
3900 # fill that gap, using the map that applies to it, which is
3901 # $cur_map, since it is part of the current range.
3902 if ($invlist[$i + 1] > $cp + 1) {
3904 #say "Before splice:";
3905 #say 'i-2=[', $i-2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-2], $invmap[$i-2]) if $i >= 2;
3906 #say 'i-1=[', $i-1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-1], $invmap[$i-1]) if $i >= 1;
3907 #say 'i =[', $i, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i], $invmap[$i]);
3908 #say 'i+1=[', $i+1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+1], $invmap[$i+1]) if $i < @invlist + 1;
3909 #say 'i+2=[', $i+2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+2], $invmap[$i+2]) if $i < @invlist + 2;
3911 splice @invlist, $i + 1, 0, $cp + 1;
3912 splice @invmap, $i + 1, 0, $cur_map;
3914 #say "After splice:";
3915 #say 'i-2=[', $i-2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-2], $invmap[$i-2]) if $i >= 2;
3916 #say 'i-1=[', $i-1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-1], $invmap[$i-1]) if $i >= 1;
3917 #say 'i =[', $i, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i], $invmap[$i]);
3918 #say 'i+1=[', $i+1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+1], $invmap[$i+1]) if $i < @invlist + 1;
3919 #say 'i+2=[', $i+2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+2], $invmap[$i+2]) if $i < @invlist + 2;
3922 # If the remaining portion of the range is multiple code
3923 # points (ending with the one we are replacing, guaranteed by
3924 # the earlier splice). We must split it into two
3925 if ($invlist[$i] < $cp) {
3926 $i++; # Compensate for the new element
3929 #say "Before splice:";
3930 #say 'i-2=[', $i-2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-2], $invmap[$i-2]) if $i >= 2;
3931 #say 'i-1=[', $i-1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-1], $invmap[$i-1]) if $i >= 1;
3932 #say 'i =[', $i, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i], $invmap[$i]);
3933 #say 'i+1=[', $i+1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+1], $invmap[$i+1]) if $i < @invlist + 1;
3934 #say 'i+2=[', $i+2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+2], $invmap[$i+2]) if $i < @invlist + 2;
3936 splice @invlist, $i, 0, $cp;
3937 splice @invmap, $i, 0, 'dummy';
3939 #say "After splice:";
3940 #say 'i-2=[', $i-2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-2], $invmap[$i-2]) if $i >= 2;
3941 #say 'i-1=[', $i-1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i-1], $invmap[$i-1]) if $i >= 1;
3942 #say 'i =[', $i, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i], $invmap[$i]);
3943 #say 'i+1=[', $i+1, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+1], $invmap[$i+1]) if $i < @invlist + 1;
3944 #say 'i+2=[', $i+2, ']', sprintf("%04X maps to %s", $invlist[$i+2], $invmap[$i+2]) if $i < @invlist + 2;
3947 # Here, the range we are overriding contains a single code
3948 # point. The result could be the empty string, a single
3949 # value, or a list. If the last case, we use an anonymous
3951 $invmap[$i] = (scalar @map == 0)
3959 elsif ($format eq 'x') {
3961 # All hex-valued properties are really to code points, and have been
3962 # converted to decimal.
3965 elsif ($returned_prop eq 'ToDm') {
3968 elsif ($format eq 'sw') { # blank-separated elements to form a list.
3969 map { $_ = [ split " ", $_ ] if $_ =~ / / } @invmap;
3972 elsif ($returned_prop =~ / To ( _Perl )? NameAlias/x) {
3974 # This property currently doesn't have any lists, but theoretically
3978 elsif ($returned_prop eq 'ToPerlDecimalDigit') {
3981 elsif ($returned_prop eq 'ToNv') {
3983 # The one property that has this format is stored as a delta, so needs
3984 # to indicate that need to add code point to it.
3987 elsif ($format eq 'ax') {
3989 # Normally 'ax' properties have overrides, and will have been handled
3990 # above, but if not, they still need adjustment, and the hex values
3991 # have already been converted to decimal
3994 elsif ($format ne 'n' && $format !~ / ^ a /x) {
3996 # All others are simple scalars
3999 if ($has_multiples && $format !~ /l/) {
4000 croak __PACKAGE__, "::prop_invmap: Wrong format '$format' for prop_invmap('$prop'); should indicate has lists";
4003 return (\@invlist, \@invmap, $format, $missing);
4006 sub search_invlist {
4010 =head2 B<search_invlist()>
4012 use Unicode::UCD qw(prop_invmap prop_invlist);
4013 use Unicode::UCD 'search_invlist';
4015 my @invlist = prop_invlist($property_name);
4016 print $code_point, ((search_invlist(\@invlist, $code_point) // -1) % 2)
4019 " in $property_name\n";
4021 my ($blocks_ranges_ref, $blocks_map_ref) = prop_invmap("Block");
4022 my $index = search_invlist($blocks_ranges_ref, $code_point);
4023 print "$code_point is in block ", $blocks_map_ref->[$index], "\n";
4025 C<search_invlist> is used to search an inversion list returned by
4026 C<prop_invlist> or C<prop_invmap> for a particular L</code point argument>.
4027 C<undef> is returned if the code point is not found in the inversion list
4028 (this happens only when it is not a legal L<code point argument>, or is less
4029 than the list's first element). A warning is raised in the first instance.
4031 Otherwise, it returns the index into the list of the range that contains the
4032 code point.; that is, find C<i> such that
4034 list[i]<= code_point < list[i+1].
4036 As explained in L</prop_invlist()>, whether a code point is in the list or not
4037 depends on if the index is even (in) or odd (not in). And as explained in
4038 L</prop_invmap()>, the index is used with the returned parallel array to find
4044 my $list_ref = shift;
4045 my $input_code_point = shift;
4046 my $code_point = _getcode($input_code_point);
4048 if (! defined $code_point) {
4049 carp __PACKAGE__, "::search_invlist: unknown code '$input_code_point'";
4053 my $max_element = @$list_ref - 1;
4055 # Return undef if list is empty or requested item is before the first element.
4056 return if $max_element < 0;
4057 return if $code_point < $list_ref->[0];
4059 # Short cut something at the far-end of the table. This also allows us to
4060 # refer to element [$i+1] without fear of being out-of-bounds in the loop
4062 return $max_element if $code_point >= $list_ref->[$max_element];
4064 use integer; # want integer division
4066 my $i = $max_element / 2;
4069 my $upper = $max_element;
4072 if ($code_point >= $list_ref->[$i]) {
4074 # Here we have met the lower constraint. We can quit if we
4075 # also meet the upper one.
4076 last if $code_point < $list_ref->[$i+1];
4078 $lower = $i; # Still too low.
4083 # Here, $code_point < $list_ref[$i], so look lower down.
4087 # Split search domain in half to try again.
4088 my $temp = ($upper + $lower) / 2;
4090 # No point in continuing unless $i changes for next time
4092 return $i if $temp == $i;
4094 } # End of while loop
4096 # Here we have found the offset
4100 =head2 Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion
4102 This returns the version of the Unicode Character Database, in other words, the
4103 version of the Unicode standard the database implements. The version is a
4104 string of numbers delimited by dots (C<'.'>).
4110 sub UnicodeVersion {
4111 unless (defined $UNICODEVERSION) {
4112 my $versionfh = openunicode("version");
4114 chomp($UNICODEVERSION = <$versionfh>);
4115 croak __PACKAGE__, "::VERSION: strange version '$UNICODEVERSION'"
4116 unless $UNICODEVERSION =~ /^\d+(?:\.\d+)+$/;
4118 $v_unicode_version = pack "C*", split /\./, $UNICODEVERSION;
4119 return $UNICODEVERSION;
4122 =head2 B<Blocks versus Scripts>
4124 The difference between a block and a script is that scripts are closer
4125 to the linguistic notion of a set of code points required to represent
4126 languages, while block is more of an artifact of the Unicode code point
4127 numbering and separation into blocks of consecutive code points (so far the
4128 size of a block is some multiple of 16, like 128 or 256).
4130 For example the Latin B<script> is spread over several B<blocks>, such
4131 as C<Basic Latin>, C<Latin 1 Supplement>, C<Latin Extended-A>, and
4132 C<Latin Extended-B>. On the other hand, the Latin script does not
4133 contain all the characters of the C<Basic Latin> block (also known as
4134 ASCII): it includes only the letters, and not, for example, the digits
4135 nor the punctuation.
4137 For blocks see L<http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/Blocks.txt>
4139 For scripts see UTR #24: L<http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr24/>
4141 =head2 B<Matching Scripts and Blocks>
4143 Scripts are matched with the regular-expression construct
4144 C<\p{...}> (e.g. C<\p{Tibetan}> matches characters of the Tibetan script),
4145 while C<\p{Blk=...}> is used for blocks (e.g. C<\p{Blk=Tibetan}> matches
4146 any of the 256 code points in the Tibetan block).
4148 =head2 Old-style versus new-style block names
4150 Unicode publishes the names of blocks in two different styles, though the two
4151 are equivalent under Unicode's loose matching rules.
4153 The original style uses blanks and hyphens in the block names (except for
4154 C<No_Block>), like so:
4156 Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
4158 The newer style replaces these with underscores, like this:
4160 Miscellaneous_Mathematical_Symbols_B
4162 This newer style is consistent with the values of other Unicode properties.
4163 To preserve backward compatibility, all the functions in Unicode::UCD that
4164 return block names (except as noted) return the old-style ones.
4165 L</prop_value_aliases()> returns the new-style and can be used to convert from
4166 old-style to new-style:
4168 my $new_style = prop_values_aliases("block", $old_style);
4170 Perl also has single-form extensions that refer to blocks, C<In_Cyrillic>,
4171 meaning C<Block=Cyrillic>. These have always been written in the new style.
4173 To convert from new-style to old-style, follow this recipe:
4175 $old_style = charblock((prop_invlist("block=$new_style"))[0]);
4177 (which finds the range of code points in the block using C<prop_invlist>,
4178 gets the lower end of the range (0th element) and then looks up the old name
4179 for its block using C<charblock>).
4181 Note that starting in Unicode 6.1, many of the block names have shorter
4182 synonyms. These are always given in the new style.
4184 =head2 Use with older Unicode versions
4186 The functions in this module work as well as can be expected when
4187 used on earlier Unicode versions. But, obviously, they use the available data
4188 from that Unicode version. For example, if the Unicode version predates the
4189 definition of the script property (Unicode 3.1), then any function that deals
4190 with scripts is going to return C<undef> for the script portion of the return
4195 Jarkko Hietaniemi. Now maintained by perl5 porters.