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:mod:`unicodedata` --- Unicode Database
=======================================
.. module:: unicodedata
:synopsis: Access the Unicode Database.
.. moduleauthor:: Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
.. index::
single: Unicode
single: character
pair: Unicode; database
This module provides access to the Unicode Character Database which defines
character properties for all Unicode characters. The data in this database is
based on the :file:`UnicodeData.txt` file version 5.2.0 which is publicly
available from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/.
The module uses the same names and symbols as defined by the UnicodeData File
Format 5.2.0 (see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/tr44-4.html).
It defines the following functions:
.. function:: lookup(name)
Look up character by name. If a character with the given name is found, return
the corresponding character. If not found, :exc:`KeyError` is raised.
.. function:: name(chr[, default])
Returns the name assigned to the character *chr* as a string. If no
name is defined, *default* is returned, or, if not given, :exc:`ValueError` is
raised.
.. function:: decimal(chr[, default])
Returns the decimal value assigned to the character *chr* as integer.
If no such value is defined, *default* is returned, or, if not given,
:exc:`ValueError` is raised.
.. function:: digit(chr[, default])
Returns the digit value assigned to the character *chr* as integer.
If no such value is defined, *default* is returned, or, if not given,
:exc:`ValueError` is raised.
.. function:: numeric(chr[, default])
Returns the numeric value assigned to the character *chr* as float.
If no such value is defined, *default* is returned, or, if not given,
:exc:`ValueError` is raised.
.. function:: category(chr)
Returns the general category assigned to the character *chr* as
string.
.. function:: bidirectional(chr)
Returns the bidirectional category assigned to the character *chr* as
string. If no such value is defined, an empty string is returned.
.. function:: combining(chr)
Returns the canonical combining class assigned to the character *chr*
as integer. Returns ``0`` if no combining class is defined.
.. function:: east_asian_width(chr)
Returns the east asian width assigned to the character *chr* as
string.
.. function:: mirrored(chr)
Returns the mirrored property assigned to the character *chr* as
integer. Returns ``1`` if the character has been identified as a "mirrored"
character in bidirectional text, ``0`` otherwise.
.. function:: decomposition(chr)
Returns the character decomposition mapping assigned to the character
*chr* as string. An empty string is returned in case no such mapping is
defined.
.. function:: normalize(form, unistr)
Return the normal form *form* for the Unicode string *unistr*. Valid values for
*form* are 'NFC', 'NFKC', 'NFD', and 'NFKD'.
The Unicode standard defines various normalization forms of a Unicode string,
based on the definition of canonical equivalence and compatibility equivalence.
In Unicode, several characters can be expressed in various way. For example, the
character U+00C7 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA) can also be expressed as
the sequence U+0327 (COMBINING CEDILLA) U+0043 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C).
For each character, there are two normal forms: normal form C and normal form D.
Normal form D (NFD) is also known as canonical decomposition, and translates
each character into its decomposed form. Normal form C (NFC) first applies a
canonical decomposition, then composes pre-combined characters again.
In addition to these two forms, there are two additional normal forms based on
compatibility equivalence. In Unicode, certain characters are supported which
normally would be unified with other characters. For example, U+2160 (ROMAN
NUMERAL ONE) is really the same thing as U+0049 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I).
However, it is supported in Unicode for compatibility with existing character
sets (e.g. gb2312).
The normal form KD (NFKD) will apply the compatibility decomposition, i.e.
replace all compatibility characters with their equivalents. The normal form KC
(NFKC) first applies the compatibility decomposition, followed by the canonical
composition.
Even if two unicode strings are normalized and look the same to
a human reader, if one has combining characters and the other
doesn't, they may not compare equal.
In addition, the module exposes the following constant:
.. data:: unidata_version
The version of the Unicode database used in this module.
.. data:: ucd_3_2_0
This is an object that has the same methods as the entire module, but uses the
Unicode database version 3.2 instead, for applications that require this
specific version of the Unicode database (such as IDNA).
Examples:
>>> import unicodedata
>>> unicodedata.lookup('LEFT CURLY BRACKET')
'{'
>>> unicodedata.name('/')
'SOLIDUS'
>>> unicodedata.decimal('9')
9
>>> unicodedata.decimal('a')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: not a decimal
>>> unicodedata.category('A') # 'L'etter, 'u'ppercase
'Lu'
>>> unicodedata.bidirectional('\u0660') # 'A'rabic, 'N'umber
'AN'
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