This is Unicode Normalizer in a Common JS module. I’m not affiliated with Matsuza, the original author of Unicode Normalizer.
npm install unorm
You can use this module as a polyfill for String.prototype.normalize, for example:
console.log('æøåäüö'.normalize('NFKD'));
The module uses some EcmaScript 5 features. Other browsers should use a compability shim, e.g. es5-shim.
This module exports four functions: nfc
, nfd
, nfkc
, and nfkd
; one for each Unicode normalization. In the browser the functions are exported in the unorm
global. In CommonJS environments you just require the module. Functions:
unorm.nfd(str)
– Canonical Decompositionunorm.nfc(str)
– Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Compositionunorm.nfkd(str)
– Compatibility Decompositionunorm.nfkc(str)
– Compatibility Decomposition, followed by Canonical CompositionFor a longer example, see examples
directory.
var unorm = require('unorm');
var text =
'The \u212B symbol invented by A. J. \u00C5ngstr\u00F6m ' +
'(1814, L\u00F6gd\u00F6, \u2013 1874) denotes the length ' +
'10\u207B\u00B9\u2070 m.';
var combining = /[\u0300-\u036F]/g; // Use XRegExp('\\p{M}', 'g'); see example.js.
console.log('Regular: ' + text);
console.log('NFC: ' + unorm.nfc(text));
console.log('NFD: ' + unorm.nfd(text));
console.log('NFKC: ' + unorm.nfkc(text));
console.log('NFKD: * ' + unorm.nfkd(text).replace(combining, ''));
console.log(' * = Combining characters removed from decomposed form.');
As of November 2013. Longer term:
is_nfc
, is_nfd
, etc.To generate new unicode data, run:
cd src/data/src
javac UnormNormalizerBuilder.java
java UnormNormalizerBuilder
produced unormdata.js
contains needed table
Execute node benchmark/benchmark.js
to run simple benchmarks, if you do any changes which may affect performance.
This project includes the software package Unicode Normalizer 1.0.0. The software dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses. Here is the MIT license:
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