Show-UnicodeCharacters.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script, a re-implementation of an MSDN sample, shows the  
4.     Unicode details of a unicode character, using PowerShell. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script re-implements a simple MSDN script that takes a Unicode Character 
7.     and uses CharUnicodeInfo class to get details of that character, which are then 
8.     displayed. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Show-UnicodeCharacters.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2011/11/show-unicodecharactersps1.html 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.charunicodeinfo.aspx
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.      Psh > .\show-unicodecharacters.ps1 
20.                                             c    Num    Dig   Dec    UnicodeCategory 
21.     U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A             a    -1      -1    -1    LowercaseLetter 
22.     U+0393 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA       Γ    -1      -1    -1    UppercaseLetter 
23.     U+0039 DIGIT NINE                       9    9       9     9     DecimalDigitNumber 
24.     U+00B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO                  ²    2       2     -1    OtherNumber 
25.     U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER      ¼    0.25    -1    -1    OtherNumber 
26.     U+0BEF TAMIL DIGIT NINE                 ௯    9      9     9     DecimalDigitNumber 
27.     U+0BF0 TAMIL NUMBER TEN                 ௰    10     -1    -1     OtherNumber 
28.     U+0F33 TIBETAN DIGIT HALF ZERO          ༳    -0.5    -1    -1     OtherNumber 
29.     U+2788 CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT NINE    ➈    9       9    -1     OtherNumber 
30. #> 
31.  
32. # Helper Function 
33. Function PrintProperties { 
34.   param ($char) 
35.   $fmtstring = " {0,-5}  {1,-8}  {2,-9}  {3,-9}  {4,-9}" 
36.   $a = $char 
37.   $b = [System.Globalization.CharUnicodeInfo]::GetNumericValue( $char ) 
38.   $c = [System.Globalization.CharUnicodeInfo]::GetDigitValue( $char )  
39.   $d = [System.Globalization.CharUnicodeInfo]::GetDecimalDigitValue( $char ) 
40.   $e = [System.Globalization.CharUnicodeInfo]::GetUnicodeCategory( $char ) 
41.   $fmtstring -f $a, $b, $c, $d, $e 
42. }  
43. "                                        c      Num      Dig        Dec         UnicodeCategory"  
44. "U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A            "  + (PrintProperties  "a") 
45. "U+0393 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA      "  + (PrintProperties  ([Char] 0x0393) ) 
46. "U+0039 DIGIT NINE                      "  + (PrintProperties  "9") 
47.  
48. "U+00B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO                 "  + (PrintProperties  $([Char] 0x00B2) ) 
49.  
50. "U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER     "  + (PrintProperties  $([Char] 0x00BC) ) 
51. "U+0BEF TAMIL DIGIT NINE                "  + (PrintProperties  $([Char] 0x0BEF) ) 
52. "U+0BF0 TAMIL NUMBER TEN                "  + (PrintProperties  $([Char] 0x0BF0) ) 
53. "U+0F33 TIBETAN DIGIT HALF ZERO         "  + (PrintProperties  $([Char] 0x0F33) ) 
54. "U+2788 CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT NINE   "  + (PrintProperties  $([Char] 0x2788) ) 

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