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The utf8 Package
Description
UTF-8 Text Processing
Details
Functions for manipulating and printing UTF-8 encoded text:
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as_utf8()
attempts to convert character data to UTF-8, throwing an error if the data is invalid; -
utf8_valid()
tests whether character data is valid according to its declared encoding; -
utf8_normalize()
converts text to Unicode composed normal form (NFC), optionally applying case-folding and compatibility maps; -
utf8_encode()
encodes a character string, escaping all control characters, so that it can be safely printed to the screen; -
utf8_format()
formats a character vector by truncating to a specified character width limit or by left, right, or center justifying; -
utf8_print()
prints UTF-8 character data to the screen; -
utf8_width()
measures the display width of UTF-8 character strings (many emoji and East Asian characters are twice as wide as other characters); -
output_ansi()
andoutput_utf8()
test for the output connections capabilities.
For a complete list of functions, use library(help = "utf8")
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Author(s)
Maintainer: Kirill Müller kirill@cynkra.com (ORCID)
Authors:
Patrick O. Perry [copyright holder]
Other contributors:
Unicode, Inc. (Unicode Character Database) [copyright holder, data contributor]
See Also
Useful links:
Report bugs at https://github.com/krlmlr/utf8/issues