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diff --git a/node_modules/emoji-regex/README.md b/node_modules/emoji-regex/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f10e173 --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/emoji-regex/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# emoji-regex [![Build status](https://travis-ci.org/mathiasbynens/emoji-regex.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mathiasbynens/emoji-regex) + +_emoji-regex_ offers a regular expression to match all emoji symbols (including textual representations of emoji) as per the Unicode Standard. + +This repository contains a script that generates this regular expression based on [the data from Unicode v12](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/unicode-12.0.0). Because of this, the regular expression can easily be updated whenever new emoji are added to the Unicode standard. + +## Installation + +Via [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): + +```bash +npm install emoji-regex +``` + +In [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/): + +```js +const emojiRegex = require('emoji-regex'); +// Note: because the regular expression has the global flag set, this module +// exports a function that returns the regex rather than exporting the regular +// expression itself, to make it impossible to (accidentally) mutate the +// original regular expression. + +const text = ` +\u{231A}: β default emoji presentation character (Emoji_Presentation) +\u{2194}\u{FE0F}: βοΈ default text presentation character rendered as emoji +\u{1F469}: π© emoji modifier base (Emoji_Modifier_Base) +\u{1F469}\u{1F3FF}: π©πΏ emoji modifier base followed by a modifier +`; + +const regex = emojiRegex(); +let match; +while (match = regex.exec(text)) { + const emoji = match[0]; + console.log(`Matched sequence ${ emoji } β code points: ${ [...emoji].length }`); +} +``` + +Console output: + +``` +Matched sequence β β code points: 1 +Matched sequence β β code points: 1 +Matched sequence βοΈ β code points: 2 +Matched sequence βοΈ β code points: 2 +Matched sequence π© β code points: 1 +Matched sequence π© β code points: 1 +Matched sequence π©πΏ β code points: 2 +Matched sequence π©πΏ β code points: 2 +``` + +To match emoji in their textual representation as well (i.e. emoji that are not `Emoji_Presentation` symbols and that arenβt forced to render as emoji by a variation selector), `require` the other regex: + +```js +const emojiRegex = require('emoji-regex/text.js'); +``` + +Additionally, in environments which support ES2015 Unicode escapes, you may `require` ES2015-style versions of the regexes: + +```js +const emojiRegex = require('emoji-regex/es2015/index.js'); +const emojiRegexText = require('emoji-regex/es2015/text.js'); +``` + +## Author + +| [![twitter/mathias](https://gravatar.com/avatar/24e08a9ea84deb17ae121074d0f17125?s=70)](https://twitter.com/mathias "Follow @mathias on Twitter") | +|---| +| [Mathias Bynens](https://mathiasbynens.be/) | + +## License + +_emoji-regex_ is available under the [MIT](https://mths.be/mit) license. |