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authorFredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>2001-01-24 08:10:07 +0000
committerFredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>2001-01-24 08:10:07 +0000
commite3638858f2082d2f08ac9001d71de3899bbb41f6 (patch)
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new unicodedata functions (name, lookup)
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libunicodedata.tex b/Doc/lib/libunicodedata.tex
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+++ b/Doc/lib/libunicodedata.tex
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ UnicodeData File Format 3.0.0 (see
\url{http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.html}). It
defines the following functions:
+\begin{funcdesc}{lookup}{name}
+ Look up character by name. If a character with the
+ given name is found, return the corresponding Unicode
+ character. If not found, \exception{KeyError} is raised.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{name}{unichr\optional{, default}}
+ Returns the name assigned to the Unicode character
+ \var{unichr} as a string. If no name is defined,
+ \var{default} is returned, or, if not given,
+ \exception{ValueError} is raised.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{decimal}{unichr\optional{, default}}
Returns the decimal value assigned to the Unicode character
\var{unichr} as integer. If no such value is defined,