I need to check if a string contains Amharic language, it can contain English characters as well:
const amharic = "የሙከራ test ሕብረቁምፊ";
amharc.match(pattern)
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3Possible duplicate of How to check if any Arabic character exists in the string ( javascript )Web Nexus– Web Nexus2019-01-27 10:21:24 +00:00Commented Jan 27, 2019 at 10:21
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Using UTF-16 range and the charCodeAt() method:
The UTF-16 range for the amharic letters are from 4608 to 5017 and from 11648 to 11743 so you can use the charCodeAt() method to check if the string characters fall within those two ranges or not.
Check and run the following Code Snippet for a practical example of what I described above:
var string = "የሙከራ test ሕብረቁምፊ";
function checkAmharic(x) {
let flag = false;
[...x].forEach((e, i) => {
if (((e.charCodeAt(i) > 4607) && (e.charCodeAt(i) < 5018)) || ((e.charCodeAt(i) > 11647) && (e.charCodeAt(i) < 11743))) {
if (flag == false) {
flag = true;
}
}
})
return flag;
}
console.log(checkAmharic(string)); // will return true
console.log(checkAmharic("Hello All!!")); // will return falseUsing ASCII range and regex:
The ASCII range for the amharic letters are from 1200 to 137F so you can use regex to check if the string characters fall within those two ranges or not.
Check and run the following Code Snippet for a practical example of what I described above:
var string = "የሙከራ test ሕብረቁምፊ";
function checkAmharic(x) {
return /[\u1200-\u137F]/.test(x); // will return true if an amharic letter is present
}
console.log(checkAmharic(string)); // will return true
console.log(checkAmharic("A")); // will return false2 Comments
AndrewL64
@sln No, it returns false. I have updated the answer to include testing a string which has "A" to show this. I have also added an alternative JavaScript approach that uses
UTF-16 instead to check the string for amharic letters. Cheers.