Utf8.width
From Multi Theft Auto: Wiki
Calculates the width of UTF-8 strings with special/unprintable characters, which require special width treatment.
Syntax
int utf8.width ( string|int input [, bool ambi_is_double = false, int default_width = 0 ] )
Required Arguments
- input: A string character sequence OR a codepoint integer
Optional Arguments
NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.
- ambi_is_double: A boolean, if set to true, ambiguous character's width is 2 (see example below).
- default_width: An integer, if given, is used as width for unprintable characters.
Returns
Returns the integer width of the input string OR the width of the codepoint integer.
Example
Click to collapse [-]
ServerThis example shows the difference when ambi_is_double is set to false or true.
local input = "днём" local disabled = utf8.width( input, false ) local enabled = utf8.width( input, true ) print( disabled, enabled ) -- 4, 8