anvaad-js :: ਅਨੁਵਾਦ-ਜੇਅੈਸ

Playground

Visit playground website to try the API methods.

Installation

# npm
npm install anvaad-js
# yarn
yarn add anvaad-js

Usage

import * as anvaad from 'anvaad-js' // ES2015 module syntax
// import { unicode } from 'anvaad-js' // ES2015 module destructuring syntax
// const anvaad = require('anvaad-js') // common-js require syntax

anvaad.unicode('myry');

Testing

We use jest for our tests. Run them using npm/yarn

# npm
npm run test
# yarn
yarn test

API Documentation

Table of Contents

• ascii
• firstLetters
• mainLetters
• pauses
• translit
• unicode

ascii

Returns a comma-separated string of ascii codes for a string of Gurmukhi characters

Parameters

• string string The string of letters

Examples

ascii('AmgAmqmgkp');
// => ',065,109,103,065,109,113,109,103,107,112,'

Returns string Returns a single string of comma-separated ascii codes

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• since: 1.0.0

firstLetters

Retrieve the first letter of each word from a string

Parameters

• words string The string from which to get first letters
• eng boolean Whether the string is English (optional, default false)
• simplify boolean Whether to simplify embedded vowels and other characters (eg. E to a, ^ to K)

Examples

firstLetters('Awie imlu gurisK Awie imlu qU myry gurU ky ipAwry ]');
// => 'AmgAmqmgkp'

Returns string Returns a single string of characters

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• since: 1.0.0

mainLetters

Removes vowel symbols from a Gurmukhi string

Parameters

• words string The string from which to get main letters
• simplify boolean Whether to simplify embedded vowels/nasal sounds (eg. E to a, ^ to K)
• simplifyConsonants boolean Whether to simplify half characters to full characters (eg. R to r)

Examples

mainLetters('Awie imlu gurisK Awie imlu qU myry gurU ky ipAwry ]');
// => 'Ae ml grsK Ae ml q mr gr k pAr'

Returns string Returns a single string of characters

Meta

• since: 1.4.4

pauses

Returns a list of all pauses for a string of Gurmukhi words

Parameters

• words string The string from which to get pauses
• enableCharCount boolean An optional flag to output the pause position as a count of non-whitespace characters, useful for larivaar text (default is False); Note: when used with Unicode text, the output character length may be different from ASCII text as Unicode Gurmukhi uses additional characters to render certain combinations.
• pauseChars object The collection of large, medium and small pauses, described below:
  • largePauseChar string The symbol being used for a large pause, also known as a ਵਿਸ਼ਰਾਮ (vishraam) (default is ';')
  • mediumPauseChar string The symbol being used for a medium pause, also known as a ਜਮਕੀ (jamki) (default is ',')
  • smallPauseChar string The symbol being used for a medium pause, also known as a ਠਮਕੀ (thamki) (default is '.')

Examples

pauses('ieknw. hukmI bKsIs; ieik, hukmI sdw BvweIAih ]');
// => '[{"p": 0, "t": "t"}, {"p": 2, "t": "v"}, {"p": 3, "t": "j"}]'

Returns JSON Returns a JSON string containing position ('p') and the type of pause ('v' = 'vishraam', 'j' = 'jamki', 't' = 'thamki')

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• since: 1.4.2

translit

Returns a transliteration of Gurmukhi script

Parameters

• gurmukhi string The string from to generate transliteration

Examples

translit('Awie imlu gurisK Awie imlu qU myry gurU ky ipAwry ]');
// => 'aai mil gurasikh aai mil too mayray guroo kay piaaaray ||'

Returns string Returns a string of text

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• since: 1.0.0

unicode

Convert Gurmukhi script to Unicode and back again.

Parameters

• text string Gurbani Akhar or Unicode script to be converted
• reverse boolean Whether to convert ASCII to unicode (false by default)
• simplify boolean Whether to simplify extended characters to single code points (eg. sæ to ਸ਼ (u0A36), ਸ਼ (u0A38u0A3C) to S) (false by default)

Examples

unicode('Awie imlu gurisK Awie imlu qU myry gurU ky ipAwry ]');
// => 'ਆਇ ਮਿਲੁ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਆਇ ਮਿਲੁ ਤੂ ਮੇਰੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਕੇ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥'

Returns string Returns unicode text

 * unicode('ਆਇ ਮਿਲੁ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਆਇ ਮਿਲੁ ਤੂ ਮੇਰੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਕੇ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥', true);
 * // => 'Awie imlu gurisK Awie imlu qU myry gurU ky ipAwry ]'

Returns string Returns gurbani akhar ascii text

Meta

• since: 1.0.0

Notes

All letter conversions at a minimum must address the following letters that are utilized within gurbani ascii fonts:

´
`
^
¨
~
<
>
|
µ
[
]
®
@
¤
\
&
˜
†
æ
¡
Å
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
a
A
b
B
c
C
ç
d
D
e
E
f
F
g
G
h
H
i
I
Í
î
Î
Ï
j
J
k
K
l
L
m
M
n
N
o
O
Ø
œ
p
P
q
Q
r
R
s
S
t
T
ŧ
u
U
Ú
ü
v
V
w
W
x
X
y
Y
z
Z