This Go package implements Unicode Text Segmentation according to Unicode Standard Annex #29 and Unicode Line Breaking according to Unicode Standard Annex #14 (Unicode version 14.0.0).
In Go, strings are read-only slices of bytes. They can be turned into Unicode code points using the for
loop or by casting: []rune(str)
. However, multiple code points may be combined into one user-perceived character or what the Unicode specification calls "grapheme cluster". Here are some examples:
String | Bytes (UTF-8) | Code points (runes) | Grapheme clusters |
---|---|---|---|
Käse | 6 bytes: 4b 61 cc 88 73 65
|
5 code points: 4b 61 308 73 65
|
4 clusters: [4b],[61 308],[73],[65]
|
🏳️🌈 | 14 bytes: f0 9f 8f b3 ef b8 8f e2 80 8d f0 9f 8c 88
|
4 code points: 1f3f3 fe0f 200d 1f308
|
1 cluster: [1f3f3 fe0f 200d 1f308]
|
🇩🇪 | 8 bytes: f0 9f 87 a9 f0 9f 87 aa
|
2 code points: 1f1e9 1f1ea
|
1 cluster: [1f1e9 1f1ea]
|
This package provides tools to iterate over these grapheme clusters. This may be used to determine the number of user-perceived characters, to split strings in their intended places, or to extract individual characters which form a unit.
Word boundaries are used in a number of different contexts. The most familiar ones are selection (double-click mouse selection), cursor movement ("move to next word" control-arrow keys), and the dialog option "Whole Word Search" for search and replace. They are also used in database queries, to determine whether elements are within a certain number of words of one another. Searching may also use word boundaries in determining matching items. This package provides tools to determine word boundaries within strings.
Sentence boundaries are often used for triple-click or some other method of selecting or iterating through blocks of text that are larger than single words. They are also used to determine whether words occur within the same sentence in database queries. This package provides tools to determine sentence boundaries within strings.
Line breaking, also known as word wrapping, is the process of breaking a section of text into lines such that it will fit in the available width of a page, window or other display area. This package provides tools to determine where a string may or may not be broken and where it must be broken (for example after newline characters).
go get github.com/rivo/uniseg
n := uniseg.GraphemeClusterCount("🇩🇪🏳️🌈")
fmt.Println(n)
// 2
Graphemes
ClassThis is the most convenient method of iterating over grapheme clusters:
gr := uniseg.NewGraphemes("👍🏼!")
for gr.Next() {
fmt.Printf("%x ", gr.Runes())
}
// [1f44d 1f3fc] [21]
Step
or StepString
FunctionThis is orders of magnitude faster than the Graphemes
class, but it requires the handling of states and boundaries:
str := "🇩🇪🏳️🌈"
state := -1
var c string
for len(str) > 0 {
c, str, _, state = uniseg.StepString(str, state)
fmt.Printf("%x ", []rune(c))
}
// [1f1e9 1f1ea] [1f3f3 fe0f 200d 1f308]
Breaking into grapheme clusters and evaluating line breaks:
str := "First line.\nSecond line."
state := -1
var (
c string
boundaries int
)
for len(str) > 0 {
c, str, boundaries, state = uniseg.StepString(str, state)
fmt.Print(c)
if boundaries&uniseg.MaskLine == uniseg.LineCanBreak {
fmt.Print("|")
} else if boundaries&uniseg.MaskLine == uniseg.LineMustBreak {
fmt.Print("‖")
}
}
// First |line.
// ‖Second |line.‖
If you're only interested in word segmentation, use FirstWord
or FirstWordInString
:
str := "Hello, world!"
state := -1
var c string
for len(str) > 0 {
c, str, state = uniseg.FirstWordInString(str, state)
fmt.Printf("(%s)\n", c)
}
// (Hello)
// (,)
// ( )
// (world)
// (!)
Similarly, use
FirstGraphemeCluster
or FirstGraphemeClusterInString
for grapheme cluster determination only,FirstSentence
or FirstSentenceInString
for sentence segmentation only, andFirstLineSegment
or FirstLineSegmentInString
for line breaking / word wrapping (although using Step
or StepString
is preferred as it will observe grapheme cluster boundaries).Refer to https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rivo/uniseg for the package's documentation.
This package does not depend on any packages outside the standard library.
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