Using regex to match international / unicode alphanumeric characters in javascript?
I am trying to use Javascript's string.match () function for a fairly simple task: extract all words from a string and then count the number of occurrences of each word. Regular expression:
/\w+/g
is great for the task, except that it cannot handle any Unicode / International characters. What's the best / cleanest way to be able to match accented characters, Cyrillic and any other major alphabets?
If it matters, I am currently coding for a Node.js framework.
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XRegExp :
In comments elclanrs offered XRegExp . If you are using it, you will need the Unicode plugin and Categories 1.2.0 . This package and plugins are a robust and significant addition to JavaScript regular expressions. Then you will need to create your regex using multiple character classes because it doesn't define an equivalent \w
. Be sure to also include at least the "Mn" class of non-spacing labels, as they are commonly used to create non-English characters.
Stand-alone Unicode character type definitions:
Before knowing about XRegExp , I adapted the web version of Unicode for use in the project. Following is the implementation of the Unicode character classes. It is significantly less capable than the full XRegExp add-on, but will get the job done for the simple regex you mentioned.
You need: myRegex = new RegExp("[" + Unicode.w + "]+", "g");
/* From:
http://difnet.com.br/opensource/unicode_hack.js
It has been significantly modified.
Modifications are copyright 2014 Makyen and released under the MPL 2.0.
This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
*/
/*! unicode_hack.js
Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Marcelo Gibson de Castro Gonçalves. All rights reserved.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
without any warranty.
*/
Unicode = {
/* Strings to match Unicode characters in the BMP according to their Unicode category.
Extracted from Unicode specification, version 5.0.0, source:
http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.0.0/
*/
/*
Abbr Long Description
Lu Uppercase_Letter an uppercase letter
Ll Lowercase_Letter a lowercase letter
Lt Titlecase_Letter a digraphic character, with first part uppercase
LC Cased_Letter Lu | Ll | Lt
Lm Modifier_Letter a modifier letter
Lo Other_Letter other letters, including syllables and ideographs
L Letter Lu | Ll | Lt | Lm | Lo
Mn Nonspacing_Mark a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width)
Mc Spacing_Mark a spacing combining mark (positive advance width)
Me Enclosing_Mark an enclosing combining mark
M Mark Mn | Mc | Me
Nd Decimal_Number a decimal digit
Nl Letter_Number a letterlike numeric character
No Other_Number a numeric character of other type
N Number Nd | Nl | No
Pc Connector_Punctuation a connecting punctuation mark, like a tie
Pd Dash_Punctuation a dash or hyphen punctuation mark
Ps Open_Punctuation an opening punctuation mark (of a pair)
Pe Close_Punctuation a closing punctuation mark (of a pair)
Pi Initial_Punctuation an initial quotation mark
Pf Final_Punctuation a final quotation mark
Po Other_Punctuation a punctuation mark of other type
P Punctuation Pc | Pd | Ps | Pe | Pi | Pf | Po
Sm Math_Symbol a symbol of mathematical use
Sc Currency_Symbol a currency sign
Sk Modifier_Symbol a non-letterlike modifier symbol
So Other_Symbol a symbol of other type
S Symbol Sm | Sc | Sk | So
Zs Space_Separator a space character (of various non-zero widths)
Zl Line_Separator U+2028 LINE SEPARATOR only
Zp Paragraph_Separator U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR only
Z Separator Zs | Zl | Zp
Cc Control a C0 or C1 control code
Cf Format a format control character
Cs Surrogate a surrogate code point
Co Private_Use a private-use character
Cn Unassigned a reserved unassigned code point or a noncharacter
C Other Cc | Cf | Cs | Co | Cn
*/
/* Alpha Sorted
Abbr Long Description
C Other Cc | Cf | Cs | Co | Cn
Cc Control a C0 or C1 control code
Cf Format a format control character
Cn Unassigned a reserved unassigned code point or a noncharacter
Co Private_Use a private-use character
Cs Surrogate a surrogate code point
L Letter Lu | Ll | Lt | Lm | Lo
LC Cased_Letter Lu | Ll | Lt
Ll Lowercase_Letter a lowercase letter
Lm Modifier_Letter a modifier letter
Lo Other_Letter other letters, including syllables and ideographs
Lt Titlecase_Letter a digraphic character, with first part uppercase
Lu Uppercase_Letter an uppercase letter
M Mark Mn | Mc | Me
Mc Spacing_Mark a spacing combining mark (positive advance width)
Me Enclosing_Mark an enclosing combining mark
Mn Nonspacing_Mark a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width)
N Number Nd | Nl | No
Nd Decimal_Number a decimal digit
Nl Letter_Number a letterlike numeric character
No Other_Number a numeric character of other type
P Punctuation Pc | Pd | Ps | Pe | Pi | Pf | Po
Pc Connector_Punctuation a connecting punctuation mark, like a tie
Pd Dash_Punctuation a dash or hyphen punctuation mark
Pe Close_Punctuation a closing punctuation mark (of a pair)
Pf Final_Punctuation a final quotation mark
Pi Initial_Punctuation an initial quotation mark
Po Other_Punctuation a punctuation mark of other type
Ps Open_Punctuation an opening punctuation mark (of a pair)
S Symbol Sm | Sc | Sk | So
Sc Currency_Symbol a currency sign
Sk Modifier_Symbol a non-letterlike modifier symbol
Sm Math_Symbol a symbol of mathematical use
So Other_Symbol a symbol of other type
Z Separator Zs | Zl | Zp
Zl Line_Separator U+2028 LINE SEPARATOR only
Zp Paragraph_Separator U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR only
Zs Space_Separator a space character (of various non-zero widths)
*/
Cc:'\u0000-\u001f\u007f-\u009f',
Cf:'\u00ad\u0600-\u0603\u06dd\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200b-\u200f\u202a-\u202e\u2060-\u2063\u206a-\u206f\ufeff\ufff9-\ufffb',
Co:'\ue000-\uf8ff',
Cs:'\ud800\udb7f\udb80\udbff\udc00\udfff',
Ll:'\u0061-\u007a\u00aa\u00b5\u00ba\u00df-\u00f6\u00f8-\u00ff\u0101\u0103\u0105\u0107\u0109\u010b\u010d\u010f\u0111\u0113\u0115\u0117\u0119\u011b\u011d\u011f\u0121\u0123\u0125\u0127\u0129\u012b\u012d\u012f\u0131\u0133\u0135\u0137\u0138\u013a\u013c\u013e\u0140\u0142\u0144\u0146\u0148\u0149\u014b\u014d\u014f\u0151\u0153\u0155\u0157\u0159\u015b\u015d\u015f\u0161\u0163\u0165\u0167\u0169\u016b\u016d\u016f\u0171\u0173\u0175\u0177\u017a\u017c\u017e-\u0180\u0183\u0185\u0188\u018c\u018d\u0192\u0195\u0199-\u019b\u019e\u01a1\u01a3\u01a5\u01a8\u01aa\u01ab\u01ad\u01b0\u01b4\u01b6\u01b9\u01ba\u01bd-\u01bf\u01c6\u01c9\u01cc\u01ce\u01d0\u01d2\u01d4\u01d6\u01d8\u01da\u01dc\u01dd\u01df\u01e1\u01e3\u01e5\u01e7\u01e9\u01eb\u01ed\u01ef\u01f0\u01f3\u01f5\u01f9\u01fb\u01fd\u01ff\u0201\u0203\u0205\u0207\u0209\u020b\u020d\u020f\u0211\u0213\u0215\u0217\u0219\u021b\u021d\u021f\u0221\u0223\u0225\u0227\u0229\u022b\u022d\u022f\u0231\u0233-\u0239\u023c\u023f\u0240\u0242\u0247\u0249\u024b\u024d\u024f-\u0293\u0295-\u02af\u037b-\u037d\u0390\u03ac-\u03ce\u03d0\u03d1\u03d5-\u03d7\u03d9\u03db\u03dd\u03df\u03e1\u03e3\u03e5\u03e7\u03e9\u03eb\u03ed\u03ef-\u03f3\u03f5\u03f8\u03fb\u03fc\u0430-\u045f\u0461\u0463\u0465\u0467\u0469\u046b\u046d\u046f\u0471\u0473\u0475\u0477\u0479\u047b\u047d\u047f\u0481\u048b\u048d\u048f\u0491\u0493\u0495\u0497\u0499\u049b\u049d\u049f\u04a1\u04a3\u04a5\u04a7\u04a9\u04ab\u04ad\u04af\u04b1\u04b3\u04b5\u04b7\u04b9\u04bb\u04bd\u04bf\u04c2\u04c4\u04c6\u04c8\u04ca\u04cc\u04ce\u04cf\u04d1\u04d3\u04d5\u04d7\u04d9\u04db\u04dd\u04df\u04e1\u04e3\u04e5\u04e7\u04e9\u04eb\u04ed\u04ef\u04f1\u04f3\u04f5\u04f7\u04f9\u04fb\u04fd\u04ff\u0501\u0503\u0505\u0507\u0509\u050b\u050d\u050f\u0511\u0513\u0561-\u0587\u1d00-\u1d2b\u1d62-\u1d77\u1d79-\u1d9a\u1e01\u1e03\u1e05\u1e07\u1e09\u1e0b\u1e0d\u1e0f\u1e11\u1e13\u1e15\u1e17\u1e19\u1e1b\u1e1d\u1e1f\u1e21\u1e23\u1e25\u1e27\u1e29\u1e2b\u1e2d\u1e2f\u1e31\u1e33\u1e35\u1e37\u1e39\u1e3b\u1e3d\u1e3f\u1e41\u1e43\u1e45\u1e47\u1e49\u1e4b\u1e4d\u1e4f\u1e51\u1e53\u1e55\u1e57\u1e59\u1e5b\u1e5d\u1e5f\u1e61\u1e63\u1e65\u1e67\u1e69\u1e6b\u1e6d\u1e6f\u1e71\u1e73\u1e75\u1e77\u1e79\u1e7b\u1e7d\u1e7f\u1e81\u1e83\u1e85\u1e87\u1e89\u1e8b\u1e8d\u1e8f\u1e91\u1e93\u1e95-\u1e9b\u1ea1\u1ea3\u1ea5\u1ea7\u1ea9\u1eab\u1ead\u1eaf\u1eb1\u1eb3\u1eb5\u1eb7\u1eb9\u1ebb\u1ebd\u1ebf\u1ec1\u1ec3\u1ec5\u1ec7\u1ec9\u1ecb\u1ecd\u1ecf\u1ed1\u1ed3\u1ed5\u1ed7\u1ed9\u1edb\u1edd\u1edf\u1ee1\u1ee3\u1ee5\u1ee7\u1ee9\u1eeb\u1eed\u1eef\u1ef1\u1ef3\u1ef5\u1ef7\u1ef9\u1f00-\u1f07\u1f10-\u1f15\u1f20-\u1f27\u1f30-\u1f37\u1f40-\u1f45\u1f50-\u1f57\u1f60-\u1f67\u1f70-\u1f7d\u1f80-\u1f87\u1f90-\u1f97\u1fa0-\u1fa7\u1fb0-\u1fb4\u1fb6\u1fb7\u1fbe\u1fc2-\u1fc4\u1fc6\u1fc7\u1fd0-\u1fd3\u1fd6\u1fd7\u1fe0-\u1fe7\u1ff2-\u1ff4\u1ff6\u1ff7\u2071\u207f\u210a\u210e\u210f\u2113\u212f\u2134\u2139\u213c\u213d\u2146-\u2149\u214e\u2184\u2c30-\u2c5e\u2c61\u2c65\u2c66\u2c68\u2c6a\u2c6c\u2c74\u2c76\u2c77\u2c81\u2c83\u2c85\u2c87\u2c89\u2c8b\u2c8d\u2c8f\u2c91\u2c93\u2c95\u2c97\u2c99\u2c9b\u2c9d\u2c9f\u2ca1\u2ca3\u2ca5\u2ca7\u2ca9\u2cab\u2cad\u2caf\u2cb1\u2cb3\u2cb5\u2cb7\u2cb9\u2cbb\u2cbd\u2cbf\u2cc1\u2cc3\u2cc5\u2cc7\u2cc9\u2ccb\u2ccd\u2ccf\u2cd1\u2cd3\u2cd5\u2cd7\u2cd9\u2cdb\u2cdd\u2cdf\u2ce1\u2ce3\u2ce4\u2d00-\u2d25\ufb00-\ufb06\ufb13-\ufb17\uff41-\uff5a',
Lm:'\u02b0-\u02c1\u02c6-\u02d1\u02e0-\u02e4\u02ee\u037a\u0559\u0640\u06e5\u06e6\u07f4\u07f5\u07fa\u0e46\u0ec6\u10fc\u17d7\u1843\u1d2c-\u1d61\u1d78\u1d9b-\u1dbf\u2090-\u2094\u2d6f\u3005\u3031-\u3035\u303b\u309d\u309e\u30fc-\u30fe\ua015\ua717-\ua71a\uff70\uff9e\uff9f',
Lo:'\u01bb\u01c0-\u01c3\u0294\u05d0-\u05ea\u05f0-\u05f2\u0621-\u063a\u0641-\u064a\u066e\u066f\u0671-\u06d3\u06d5\u06ee\u06ef\u06fa-\u06fc\u06ff\u0710\u0712-\u072f\u074d-\u076d\u0780-\u07a5\u07b1\u07ca-\u07ea\u0904-\u0939\u093d\u0950\u0958-\u0961\u097b-\u097f\u0985-\u098c\u098f\u0990\u0993-\u09a8\u09aa-\u09b0\u09b2\u09b6-\u09b9\u09bd\u09ce\u09dc\u09dd\u09df-\u09e1\u09f0\u09f1\u0a05-\u0a0a\u0a0f\u0a10\u0a13-\u0a28\u0a2a-\u0a30\u0a32\u0a33\u0a35\u0a36\u0a38\u0a39\u0a59-\u0a5c\u0a5e\u0a72-\u0a74\u0a85-\u0a8d\u0a8f-\u0a91\u0a93-\u0aa8\u0aaa-\u0ab0\u0ab2\u0ab3\u0ab5-\u0ab9\u0abd\u0ad0\u0ae0\u0ae1\u0b05-\u0b0c\u0b0f\u0b10\u0b13-\u0b28\u0b2a-\u0b30\u0b32\u0b33\u0b35-\u0b39\u0b3d\u0b5c\u0b5d\u0b5f-\u0b61\u0b71\u0b83\u0b85-\u0b8a\u0b8e-\u0b90\u0b92-\u0b95\u0b99\u0b9a\u0b9c\u0b9e\u0b9f\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0ba8-\u0baa\u0bae-\u0bb9\u0c05-\u0c0c\u0c0e-\u0c10\u0c12-\u0c28\u0c2a-\u0c33\u0c35-\u0c39\u0c60\u0c61\u0c85-\u0c8c\u0c8e-\u0c90\u0c92-\u0ca8\u0caa-\u0cb3\u0cb5-\u0cb9\u0cbd\u0cde\u0ce0\u0ce1\u0d05-\u0d0c\u0d0e-\u0d10\u0d12-\u0d28\u0d2a-\u0d39\u0d60\u0d61\u0d85-\u0d96\u0d9a-\u0db1\u0db3-\u0dbb\u0dbd\u0dc0-\u0dc6\u0e01-\u0e30\u0e32\u0e33\u0e40-\u0e45\u0e81\u0e82\u0e84\u0e87\u0e88\u0e8a\u0e8d\u0e94-\u0e97\u0e99-\u0e9f\u0ea1-\u0ea3\u0ea5\u0ea7\u0eaa\u0eab\u0ead-\u0eb0\u0eb2\u0eb3\u0ebd\u0ec0-\u0ec4\u0edc\u0edd\u0f00\u0f40-\u0f47\u0f49-\u0f6a\u0f88-\u0f8b\u1000-\u1021\u1023-\u1027\u1029\u102a\u1050-\u1055\u10d0-\u10fa\u1100-\u1159\u115f-\u11a2\u11a8-\u11f9\u1200-\u1248\u124a-\u124d\u1250-\u1256\u1258\u125a-\u125d\u1260-\u1288\u128a-\u128d\u1290-\u12b0\u12b2-\u12b5\u12b8-\u12be\u12c0\u12c2-\u12c5\u12c8-\u12d6\u12d8-\u1310\u1312-\u1315\u1318-\u135a\u1380-\u138f\u13a0-\u13f4\u1401-\u166c\u166f-\u1676\u1681-\u169a\u16a0-\u16ea\u1700-\u170c\u170e-\u1711\u1720-\u1731\u1740-\u1751\u1760-\u176c\u176e-\u1770\u1780-\u17b3\u17dc\u1820-\u1842\u1844-\u1877\u1880-\u18a8\u1900-\u191c\u1950-\u196d\u1970-\u1974\u1980-\u19a9\u19c1-\u19c7\u1a00-\u1a16\u1b05-\u1b33\u1b45-\u1b4b\u2135-\u2138\u2d30-\u2d65\u2d80-\u2d96\u2da0-\u2da6\u2da8-\u2dae\u2db0-\u2db6\u2db8-\u2dbe\u2dc0-\u2dc6\u2dc8-\u2dce\u2dd0-\u2dd6\u2dd8-\u2dde\u3006\u303c\u3041-\u3096\u309f\u30a1-\u30fa\u30ff\u3105-\u312c\u3131-\u318e\u31a0-\u31b7\u31f0-\u31ff\u3400\u4db5\u4e00\u9fbb\ua000-\ua014\ua016-\ua48c\ua800\ua801\ua803-\ua805\ua807-\ua80a\ua80c-\ua822\ua840-\ua873\uac00\ud7a3\uf900-\ufa2d\ufa30-\ufa6a\ufa70-\ufad9\ufb1d\ufb1f-\ufb28\ufb2a-\ufb36\ufb38-\ufb3c\ufb3e\ufb40\ufb41\ufb43\ufb44\ufb46-\ufbb1\ufbd3-\ufd3d\ufd50-\ufd8f\ufd92-\ufdc7\ufdf0-\ufdfb\ufe70-\ufe74\ufe76-\ufefc\uff66-\uff6f\uff71-\uff9d\uffa0-\uffbe\uffc2-\uffc7\uffca-\uffcf\uffd2-\uffd7\uffda-\uffdc',
Lt:'\u01c5\u01c8\u01cb\u01f2\u1f88-\u1f8f\u1f98-\u1f9f\u1fa8-\u1faf\u1fbc\u1fcc\u1ffc',
Lu:'\u0041-\u005a\u00c0-\u00d6\u00d8-\u00de\u0100\u0102\u0104\u0106\u0108\u010a\u010c\u010e\u0110\u0112\u0114\u0116\u0118\u011a\u011c\u011e\u0120\u0122\u0124\u0126\u0128\u012a\u012c\u012e\u0130\u0132\u0134\u0136\u0139\u013b\u013d\u013f\u0141\u0143\u0145\u0147\u014a\u014c\u014e\u0150\u0152\u0154\u0156\u0158\u015a\u015c\u015e\u0160\u0162\u0164\u0166\u0168\u016a\u016c\u016e\u0170\u0172\u0174\u0176\u0178\u0179\u017b\u017d\u0181\u0182\u0184\u0186\u0187\u0189-\u018b\u018e-\u0191\u0193\u0194\u0196-\u0198\u019c\u019d\u019f\u01a0\u01a2\u01a4\u01a6\u01a7\u01a9\u01ac\u01ae\u01af\u01b1-\u01b3\u01b5\u01b7\u01b8\u01bc\u01c4\u01c7\u01ca\u01cd\u01cf\u01d1\u01d3\u01d5\u01d7\u01d9\u01db\u01de\u01e0\u01e2\u01e4\u01e6\u01e8\u01ea\u01ec\u01ee\u01f1\u01f4\u01f6-\u01f8\u01fa\u01fc\u01fe\u0200\u0202\u0204\u0206\u0208\u020a\u020c\u020e\u0210\u0212\u0214\u0216\u0218\u021a\u021c\u021e\u0220\u0222\u0224\u0226\u0228\u022a\u022c\u022e\u0230\u0232\u023a\u023b\u023d\u023e\u0241\u0243-\u0246\u0248\u024a\u024c\u024e\u0386\u0388-\u038a\u038c\u038e\u038f\u0391-\u03a1\u03a3-\u03ab\u03d2-\u03d4\u03d8\u03da\u03dc\u03de\u03e0\u03e2\u03e4\u03e6\u03e8\u03ea\u03ec\u03ee\u03f4\u03f7\u03f9\u03fa\u03fd-\u042f\u0460\u0462\u0464\u0466\u0468\u046a\u046c\u046e\u0470\u0472\u0474\u0476\u0478\u047a\u047c\u047e\u0480\u048a\u048c\u048e\u0490\u0492\u0494\u0496\u0498\u049a\u049c\u049e\u04a0\u04a2\u04a4\u04a6\u04a8\u04aa\u04ac\u04ae\u04b0\u04b2\u04b4\u04b6\u04b8\u04ba\u04bc\u04be\u04c0\u04c1\u04c3\u04c5\u04c7\u04c9\u04cb\u04cd\u04d0\u04d2\u04d4\u04d6\u04d8\u04da\u04dc\u04de\u04e0\u04e2\u04e4\u04e6\u04e8\u04ea\u04ec\u04ee\u04f0\u04f2\u04f4\u04f6\u04f8\u04fa\u04fc\u04fe\u0500\u0502\u0504\u0506\u0508\u050a\u050c\u050e\u0510\u0512\u0531-\u0556\u10a0-\u10c5\u1e00\u1e02\u1e04\u1e06\u1e08\u1e0a\u1e0c\u1e0e\u1e10\u1e12\u1e14\u1e16\u1e18\u1e1a\u1e1c\u1e1e\u1e20\u1e22\u1e24\u1e26\u1e28\u1e2a\u1e2c\u1e2e\u1e30\u1e32\u1e34\u1e36\u1e38\u1e3a\u1e3c\u1e3e\u1e40\u1e42\u1e44\u1e46\u1e48\u1e4a\u1e4c\u1e4e\u1e50\u1e52\u1e54\u1e56\u1e58\u1e5a\u1e5c\u1e5e\u1e60\u1e62\u1e64\u1e66\u1e68\u1e6a\u1e6c\u1e6e\u1e70\u1e72\u1e74\u1e76\u1e78\u1e7a\u1e7c\u1e7e\u1e80\u1e82\u1e84\u1e86\u1e88\u1e8a\u1e8c\u1e8e\u1e90\u1e92\u1e94\u1ea0\u1ea2\u1ea4\u1ea6\u1ea8\u1eaa\u1eac\u1eae\u1eb0\u1eb2\u1eb4\u1eb6\u1eb8\u1eba\u1ebc\u1ebe\u1ec0\u1ec2\u1ec4\u1ec6\u1ec8\u1eca\u1ecc\u1ece\u1ed0\u1ed2\u1ed4\u1ed6\u1ed8\u1eda\u1edc\u1ede\u1ee0\u1ee2\u1ee4\u1ee6\u1ee8\u1eea\u1eec\u1eee\u1ef0\u1ef2\u1ef4\u1ef6\u1ef8\u1f08-\u1f0f\u1f18-\u1f1d\u1f28-\u1f2f\u1f38-\u1f3f\u1f48-\u1f4d\u1f59\u1f5b\u1f5d\u1f5f\u1f68-\u1f6f\u1fb8-\u1fbb\u1fc8-\u1fcb\u1fd8-\u1fdb\u1fe8-\u1fec\u1ff8-\u1ffb\u2102\u2107\u210b-\u210d\u2110-\u2112\u2115\u2119-\u211d\u2124\u2126\u2128\u212a-\u212d\u2130-\u2133\u213e\u213f\u2145\u2183\u2c00-\u2c2e\u2c60\u2c62-\u2c64\u2c67\u2c69\u2c6b\u2c75\u2c80\u2c82\u2c84\u2c86\u2c88\u2c8a\u2c8c\u2c8e\u2c90\u2c92\u2c94\u2c96\u2c98\u2c9a\u2c9c\u2c9e\u2ca0\u2ca2\u2ca4\u2ca6\u2ca8\u2caa\u2cac\u2cae\u2cb0\u2cb2\u2cb4\u2cb6\u2cb8\u2cba\u2cbc\u2cbe\u2cc0\u2cc2\u2cc4\u2cc6\u2cc8\u2cca\u2ccc\u2cce\u2cd0\u2cd2\u2cd4\u2cd6\u2cd8\u2cda\u2cdc\u2cde\u2ce0\u2ce2\uff21-\uff3a',
Mc:'\u0903\u093e-\u0940\u0949-\u094c\u0982\u0983\u09be-\u09c0\u09c7\u09c8\u09cb\u09cc\u09d7\u0a03\u0a3e-\u0a40\u0a83\u0abe-\u0ac0\u0ac9\u0acb\u0acc\u0b02\u0b03\u0b3e\u0b40\u0b47\u0b48\u0b4b\u0b4c\u0b57\u0bbe\u0bbf\u0bc1\u0bc2\u0bc6-\u0bc8\u0bca-\u0bcc\u0bd7\u0c01-\u0c03\u0c41-\u0c44\u0c82\u0c83\u0cbe\u0cc0-\u0cc4\u0cc7\u0cc8\u0cca\u0ccb\u0cd5\u0cd6\u0d02\u0d03\u0d3e-\u0d40\u0d46-\u0d48\u0d4a-\u0d4c\u0d57\u0d82\u0d83\u0dcf-\u0dd1\u0dd8-\u0ddf\u0df2\u0df3\u0f3e\u0f3f\u0f7f\u102c\u1031\u1038\u1056\u1057\u17b6\u17be-\u17c5\u17c7\u17c8\u1923-\u1926\u1929-\u192b\u1930\u1931\u1933-\u1938\u19b0-\u19c0\u19c8\u19c9\u1a19-\u1a1b\u1b04\u1b35\u1b3b\u1b3d-\u1b41\u1b43\u1b44\ua802\ua823\ua824\ua827]',
Me:'\u0488\u0489\u06de\u20dd-\u20e0\u20e2-\u20e4',
Mn:'\u0300-\u036f\u0483-\u0486\u0591-\u05bd\u05bf\u05c1\u05c2\u05c4\u05c5\u05c7\u0610-\u0615\u064b-\u065e\u0670\u06d6-\u06dc\u06df-\u06e4\u06e7\u06e8\u06ea-\u06ed\u0711\u0730-\u074a\u07a6-\u07b0\u07eb-\u07f3\u0901\u0902\u093c\u0941-\u0948\u094d\u0951-\u0954\u0962\u0963\u0981\u09bc\u09c1-\u09c4\u09cd\u09e2\u09e3\u0a01\u0a02\u0a3c\u0a41\u0a42\u0a47\u0a48\u0a4b-\u0a4d\u0a70\u0a71\u0a81\u0a82\u0abc\u0ac1-\u0ac5\u0ac7\u0ac8\u0acd\u0ae2\u0ae3\u0b01\u0b3c\u0b3f\u0b41-\u0b43\u0b4d\u0b56\u0b82\u0bc0\u0bcd\u0c3e-\u0c40\u0c46-\u0c48\u0c4a-\u0c4d\u0c55\u0c56\u0cbc\u0cbf\u0cc6\u0ccc\u0ccd\u0ce2\u0ce3\u0d41-\u0d43\u0d4d\u0dca\u0dd2-\u0dd4\u0dd6\u0e31\u0e34-\u0e3a\u0e47-\u0e4e\u0eb1\u0eb4-\u0eb9\u0ebb\u0ebc\u0ec8-\u0ecd\u0f18\u0f19\u0f35\u0f37\u0f39\u0f71-\u0f7e\u0f80-\u0f84\u0f86\u0f87\u0f90-\u0f97\u0f99-\u0fbc\u0fc6\u102d-\u1030\u1032\u1036\u1037\u1039\u1058\u1059\u135f\u1712-\u1714\u1732-\u1734\u1752\u1753\u1772\u1773\u17b7-\u17bd\u17c6\u17c9-\u17d3\u17dd\u180b-\u180d\u18a9\u1920-\u1922\u1927\u1928\u1932\u1939-\u193b\u1a17\u1a18\u1b00-\u1b03\u1b34\u1b36-\u1b3a\u1b3c\u1b42\u1b6b-\u1b73\u1dc0-\u1dca\u1dfe\u1dff\u20d0-\u20dc\u20e1\u20e5-\u20ef\u302a-\u302f\u3099\u309a\ua806\ua80b\ua825\ua826\ufb1e\ufe00-\ufe0f\ufe20-\ufe23',
Nd:'\u0030-\u0039\u0660-\u0669\u06f0-\u06f9\u07c0-\u07c9\u0966-\u096f\u09e6-\u09ef\u0a66-\u0a6f\u0ae6-\u0aef\u0b66-\u0b6f\u0be6-\u0bef\u0c66-\u0c6f\u0ce6-\u0cef\u0d66-\u0d6f\u0e50-\u0e59\u0ed0-\u0ed9\u0f20-\u0f29\u1040-\u1049\u17e0-\u17e9\u1810-\u1819\u1946-\u194f\u19d0-\u19d9\u1b50-\u1b59\uff10-\uff19',
Nl:'\u16ee-\u16f0\u2160-\u2182\u3007\u3021-\u3029\u3038-\u303a',
No:'\u00b2\u00b3\u00b9\u00bc-\u00be\u09f4-\u09f9\u0bf0-\u0bf2\u0f2a-\u0f33\u1369-\u137c\u17f0-\u17f9\u2070\u2074-\u2079\u2080-\u2089\u2153-\u215f\u2460-\u249b\u24ea-\u24ff\u2776-\u2793\u2cfd\u3192-\u3195\u3220-\u3229\u3251-\u325f\u3280-\u3289\u32b1-\u32bf',
Pc:'\u005f\u203f\u2040\u2054\ufe33\ufe34\ufe4d-\ufe4f\uff3f',
Pd:'\u002d\u058a\u1806\u2010-\u2015\u2e17\u301c\u3030\u30a0\ufe31\ufe32\ufe58\ufe63\uff0d',
Pe:'\u0029\u005d\u007d\u0f3b\u0f3d\u169c\u2046\u207e\u208e\u232a\u2769\u276b\u276d\u276f\u2771\u2773\u2775\u27c6\u27e7\u27e9\u27eb\u2984\u2986\u2988\u298a\u298c\u298e\u2990\u2992\u2994\u2996\u2998\u29d9\u29db\u29fd\u3009\u300b\u300d\u300f\u3011\u3015\u3017\u3019\u301b\u301e\u301f\ufd3f\ufe18\ufe36\ufe38\ufe3a\ufe3c\ufe3e\ufe40\ufe42\ufe44\ufe48\ufe5a\ufe5c\ufe5e\uff09\uff3d\uff5d\uff60\uff63',
Pf:'\u00bb\u2019\u201d\u203a\u2e03\u2e05\u2e0a\u2e0d\u2e1d',
Pi:'\u00ab\u2018\u201b\u201c\u201f\u2039\u2e02\u2e04\u2e09\u2e0c\u2e1c',
Po:'\u0021-\u0023\u0025-\u0027\u002a\u002c\u002e\u002f\u003a\u003b\u003f\u0040\u005c\u00a1\u00b7\u00bf\u037e\u0387\u055a-\u055f\u0589\u05be\u05c0\u05c3\u05c6\u05f3\u05f4\u060c\u060d\u061b\u061e\u061f\u066a-\u066d\u06d4\u0700-\u070d\u07f7-\u07f9\u0964\u0965\u0970\u0df4\u0e4f\u0e5a\u0e5b\u0f04-\u0f12\u0f85\u0fd0\u0fd1\u104a-\u104f\u10fb\u1361-\u1368\u166d\u166e\u16eb-\u16ed\u1735\u1736\u17d4-\u17d6\u17d8-\u17da\u1800-\u1805\u1807-\u180a\u1944\u1945\u19de\u19df\u1a1e\u1a1f\u1b5a-\u1b60\u2016\u2017\u2020-\u2027\u2030-\u2038\u203b-\u203e\u2041-\u2043\u2047-\u2051\u2053\u2055-\u205e\u2cf9-\u2cfc\u2cfe\u2cff\u2e00\u2e01\u2e06-\u2e08\u2e0b\u2e0e-\u2e16\u3001-\u3003\u303d\u30fb\ua874-\ua877\ufe10-\ufe16\ufe19\ufe30\ufe45\ufe46\ufe49-\ufe4c\ufe50-\ufe52\ufe54-\ufe57\ufe5f-\ufe61\ufe68\ufe6a\ufe6b\uff01-\uff03\uff05-\uff07\uff0a\uff0c\uff0e\uff0f\uff1a\uff1b\uff1f\uff20\uff3c\uff61\uff64\uff65',
Ps:'\u0028\u005b\u007b\u0f3a\u0f3c\u169b\u201a\u201e\u2045\u207d\u208d\u2329\u2768\u276a\u276c\u276e\u2770\u2772\u2774\u27c5\u27e6\u27e8\u27ea\u2983\u2985\u2987\u2989\u298b\u298d\u298f\u2991\u2993\u2995\u2997\u29d8\u29da\u29fc\u3008\u300a\u300c\u300e\u3010\u3014\u3016\u3018\u301a\u301d\ufd3e\ufe17\ufe35\ufe37\ufe39\ufe3b\ufe3d\ufe3f\ufe41\ufe43\ufe47\ufe59\ufe5b\ufe5d\uff08\uff3b\uff5b\uff5f\uff62',
Sc:'\u0024\u00a2-\u00a5\u060b\u09f2\u09f3\u0af1\u0bf9\u0e3f\u17db\u20a0-\u20b5\ufdfc\ufe69\uff04\uffe0\uffe1\uffe5\uffe6',
Sk:'\u005e\u0060\u00a8\u00af\u00b4\u00b8\u02c2-\u02c5\u02d2-\u02df\u02e5-\u02ed\u02ef-\u02ff\u0374\u0375\u0384\u0385\u1fbd\u1fbf-\u1fc1\u1fcd-\u1fcf\u1fdd-\u1fdf\u1fed-\u1fef\u1ffd\u1ffe\u309b\u309c\ua700-\ua716\ua720\ua721\uff3e\uff40\uffe3',
Sm:'\u002b\u003c-\u003e\u007c\u007e\u00ac\u00b1\u00d7\u00f7\u03f6\u2044\u2052\u207a-\u207c\u208a-\u208c\u2140-\u2144\u214b\u2190-\u2194\u219a\u219b\u21a0\u21a3\u21a6\u21ae\u21ce\u21cf\u21d2\u21d4\u21f4-\u22ff\u2308-\u230b\u2320\u2321\u237c\u239b-\u23b3\u23dc-\u23e1\u25b7\u25c1\u25f8-\u25ff\u266f\u27c0-\u27c4\u27c7-\u27ca\u27d0-\u27e5\u27f0-\u27ff\u2900-\u2982\u2999-\u29d7\u29dc-\u29fb\u29fe-\u2aff\ufb29\ufe62\ufe64-\ufe66\uff0b\uff1c-\uff1e\uff5c\uff5e\uffe2\uffe9-\uffec',
So:'\u00a6\u00a7\u00a9\u00ae\u00b0\u00b6\u0482\u060e\u060f\u06e9\u06fd\u06fe\u07f6\u09fa\u0b70\u0bf3-\u0bf8\u0bfa\u0cf1\u0cf2\u0f01-\u0f03\u0f13-\u0f17\u0f1a-\u0f1f\u0f34\u0f36\u0f38\u0fbe-\u0fc5\u0fc7-\u0fcc\u0fcf\u1360\u1390-\u1399\u1940\u19e0-\u19ff\u1b61-\u1b6a\u1b74-\u1b7c\u2100\u2101\u2103-\u2106\u2108\u2109\u2114\u2116-\u2118\u211e-\u2123\u2125\u2127\u2129\u212e\u213a\u213b\u214a\u214c\u214d\u2195-\u2199\u219c-\u219f\u21a1\u21a2\u21a4\u21a5\u21a7-\u21ad\u21af-\u21cd\u21d0\u21d1\u21d3\u21d5-\u21f3\u2300-\u2307\u230c-\u231f\u2322-\u2328\u232b-\u237b\u237d-\u239a\u23b4-\u23db\u23e2-\u23e7\u2400-\u2426\u2440-\u244a\u249c-\u24e9\u2500-\u25b6\u25b8-\u25c0\u25c2-\u25f7\u2600-\u266e\u2670-\u269c\u26a0-\u26b2\u2701-\u2704\u2706-\u2709\u270c-\u2727\u2729-\u274b\u274d\u274f-\u2752\u2756\u2758-\u275e\u2761-\u2767\u2794\u2798-\u27af\u27b1-\u27be\u2800-\u28ff\u2b00-\u2b1a\u2b20-\u2b23\u2ce5-\u2cea\u2e80-\u2e99\u2e9b-\u2ef3\u2f00-\u2fd5\u2ff0-\u2ffb\u3004\u3012\u3013\u3020\u3036\u3037\u303e\u303f\u3190\u3191\u3196-\u319f\u31c0-\u31cf\u3200-\u321e\u322a-\u3243\u3250\u3260-\u327f\u328a-\u32b0\u32c0-\u32fe\u3300-\u33ff\u4dc0-\u4dff\ua490-\ua4c6\ua828-\ua82b\ufdfd\uffe4\uffe8\uffed\uffee\ufffc\ufffd',
Zl:'\u2028',
Zp:'\u2029',
ZZ:'\u00a0\u1680\u180e\u2000-\u200a\u202f\u205f\u3000',
Zs:'\u0020\u00a0\u1680\u180e\u2000-\u200a\u202f\u205f\u3000'
};
Unicode.C = Unicode.Cc
+ Unicode.Cf
+ Unicode.Cs
+ Unicode.Co ;
//+ Unicode.Cn ; //This is not defined.
Unicode.L = Unicode.Lu
+ Unicode.Ll
+ Unicode.Lt
+ Unicode.Lm
+ Unicode.Mn //Added 2014-05-29 due to some letters in names not being recognized.
//This is where accent marks are individually combined instead of using an explicit character.
+ Unicode.Lo ;
Unicode.LC= Unicode.Lu
+ Unicode.Ll
+ Unicode.Lt ;
Unicode.M = Unicode.Mn
+ Unicode.Mc
+ Unicode.Me ;
Unicode.N = Unicode.Nd
+ Unicode.Nl
+ Unicode.No ;
Unicode.P = Unicode.Pc
+ Unicode.Pd
+ Unicode.Ps
+ Unicode.Pe
+ Unicode.Pi
+ Unicode.Pf
+ Unicode.Po ;
Unicode.S = Unicode.Sm
+ Unicode.Sc
+ Unicode.Sk
+ Unicode.So ;
Unicode.Z = Unicode.Zs
+ Unicode.Zl
+ Unicode.Zp ;
//Not in Unicode spec:
Unicode.w = '_'
+ Unicode.L
+ Unicode.N ;
//A Unicode based word boundry built with non-capturing parentheses
Unicode.b = '(?:[' + Unicode.w + '](?:[^' + Unicode.w +']|$)'
+ '|(?:^|[^' + Unicode.w + '])[' + Unicode.w +']'
+ ')' ;
//A Unicode based word boundry build with non-capturing parentheses
Unicode.bOut = '(?=[^' + Unicode.w +']|$)';
//A Unicode based word boundry build with non-capturing parentheses
//JavaScript does not have a non-consuming look-behind.
//This makes a direct replacement for \b not possible as we may consume
// part of the string to make this test.
Unicode.bIn = '(?:^|[^' + Unicode.w + '])';
//A possible work-around is to use a capture and replace it.
Unicode.bInCapture = '(?:^|([^' + Unicode.w + ']))';
//A Unicode based non-word boundry build with non-capturing parentheses
Unicode.B = '(?:[' + Unicode.w + '][' + Unicode.w +']'
+ '|[^' + Unicode.w + '][^' + Unicode.w +']'
+ ')' ;
Unicode.d = Unicode.N ;
Unicode.uppercaseRegex = new RegExp("[" + Unicode.Lu + "]", "");
Unicode.lowercaseRegex = new RegExp("[" + Unicode.Ll + "]", "");
Unicode.titlecaseRegex = new RegExp("[" + Unicode.Lt + "]", "");
Unicode.wordCharRegex = new RegExp("[" + Unicode.w + "]", "");
Unicode.nonWordCharRegex = new RegExp("[^" + Unicode.w + "]", "");
Unicode.letterAndSpaceRegEx = new RegExp("[^" + Unicode.L + Unicode.Zs + "]", "");
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