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$KCODE = 'U'

module Gimchi
class Korean
	# Checks if the given character is a korean character.
	# @param [String] ch A string of size 1
	def korean_char? ch
		raise ArgumentError.new('Lengthy input') if str_length(ch) > 1

		complete_korean_char?(ch) || 
			(chosungs + jungsungs + jongsungs).include?(ch)
	end

	# Checks if the given character is a "complete" korean character.
	# "Complete" Korean character must have chosung and jungsung, with optional jongsung.
	# @param [String] ch A string of size 1
	def complete_korean_char? ch
		raise ArgumentError.new('Lengthy input') if str_length(ch) > 1

		# Range of Korean chracters in Unicode 2.0: AC00(가) ~ D7A3(힣)
		ch.unpack('U').all? { | c | c >= 0xAC00 && c <= 0xD7A3 }
	end

private
	def str_length str
		str.scan(/./mu).length
	end
end#Korean
end#Gimchi

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
gimchi-0.1.6	lib/gimchi/patch_1.8.rb
gimchi-0.1.5	lib/gimchi/patch_1.8.rb
gimchi-0.1.4	lib/gimchi/patch_1.8.rb
gimchi-0.1.3	lib/gimchi/patch_1.8.rb