This module provides functions that access information on Unicode code points. The information is retrieved from data modules generated from the Unicode Character Database, or derived by rules given in the Unicode Specification. It and its submodules were copied from English Wiktionary and then modified; see there for more information.
The code point is to be entered as hexadecimal value. For example, :
<nowiki>{{#invoke:Unicode data|lookup|name|0x00A9}}</nowiki> →
Incorrect or unintended results:
<nowiki>{{#invoke:Unicode data|lookup|name|169}}</nowiki> → - "U+00A9" expected; but is read as (that is,
<nowiki>{{#invoke:Unicode data|lookup|name|U+00A9}}</nowiki> - do not use "U+" prefix
<nowiki>{{#invoke:Unicode data|lookup|name|غ}}</nowiki> - cannot enter a character as codepoint
lookup and is.For most of the functions, add the code point in hexadecimal base as the next parameter. For is{{!}}Latin, is{{!}}rtl, and is{{!}}valid_pagename, add character string. HTML character references in the text are decoded by the module into code points.
Internally, in modules, these functions are named using underscore: ←
For &A9; ©: →
| Topic | Function | Parameter type (string=by character(s); c.p. by value) | Example | Returns | Character | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode character name | code point | ||||||
| Scripts | code point | ||||||
| Blocks | code point | ||||||
| Planes | code point | ||||||
| General Category | code point | ||||||
| Controls | code point | ||||||
| Latin script | string | ||||||
| WP:Article title | string | ||||||
| Bidirectionality, right-to-left scripts | string | ||||||
| Combining character | code point | ||||||
| Character assignation | code point | ||||||
| Printable | code point | ||||||
| code point | lookup | name to generate names of characters in the Hangul Syllables block --> | |||||
| Alias names | [application unknown] | ||||||
| Combining class | [application unknown] | ||||||
| Age | [application unknown] | ||||||
| get_best_script | [application unknown] |
The data used by functions in this module is found in submodules. Some are generated by AWK scripts shown at User:Kephir/Unicode on English Wiktionary, others by Lua scripts on the /make subpages of the submodules.
The name data modules (Module:Unicode data/names/xxx) were compiled from UnicodeData.txt. Each one contains, at maximum, code points U+xxx000 to U+xxxFFF.
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[[:Module:Unicode data/aliases]] not provided nor documentedlookup_category (<noncharacter-FFFF>) expected: Cn.<nowiki>{{#invoke:Unicode data|lookup|category|0xFFFF}}</nowiki> → [Nil]
<nowiki>{{#</nowiki>invoke:[[:Module:LoadData|LoadData]]|[[:Module:Numcr2namecr|Numcr2namecr]]|0x22C1}} →