numGraphemeClusters

Return the number of grapheme clusters in a string.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/string-num-grapheme-clusters

Usage

var numGraphemeClusters = require( '@stdlib/string-num-grapheme-clusters' );

numGraphemeClusters( str )

Returns the number of grapheme clusters in a string.

var out = numGraphemeClusters( 'last man standing' );
// returns 17

out = numGraphemeClusters( 'Hidden Treasures' );
// returns 16

Examples

var numGraphemeClusters = require( '@stdlib/string-num-grapheme-clusters' );

var str = numGraphemeClusters( 'last man standing' );
// returns 17

str = numGraphemeClusters( '六书/六書' );
// returns 5

str = numGraphemeClusters( 'अनुच्छेद' );
// returns 5

str = numGraphemeClusters( '🌷' );
// returns 1

See Also

• @stdlib/string-num-grapheme-clusters-cli: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.
• @stdlib/string-next-grapheme-cluster-break: return the next extended grapheme cluster break in a string after a specified position.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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