package uniseg import "unicode/utf8" // FirstWord returns the first word found in the given byte slice according to // the rules of Unicode Standard Annex #29, Word Boundaries. This function can // be called continuously to extract all words from a byte slice, as illustrated // in the example below. // // If you don't know the current state, for example when calling the function // for the first time, you must pass -1. For consecutive calls, pass the state // and rest slice returned by the previous call. // // The "rest" slice is the sub-slice of the original byte slice "b" starting // after the last byte of the identified word. If the length of the "rest" slice // is 0, the entire byte slice "b" has been processed. The "word" byte slice is // the sub-slice of the input slice containing the identified word. // // Given an empty byte slice "b", the function returns nil values. func FirstWord(b []byte, state int) (word, rest []byte, newState int) { // An empty byte slice returns nothing. if len(b) == 0 { return } // Extract the first rune. r, length := utf8.DecodeRune(b) if len(b) <= length { // If we're already past the end, there is nothing else to parse. return b, nil, wbAny } // If we don't know the state, determine it now. if state < 0 { state, _ = transitionWordBreakState(state, r, b[length:], "") } // Transition until we find a boundary. var boundary bool for { r, l := utf8.DecodeRune(b[length:]) state, boundary = transitionWordBreakState(state, r, b[length+l:], "") if boundary { return b[:length], b[length:], state } length += l if len(b) <= length { return b, nil, wbAny } } } // FirstWordInString is like FirstWord() but its input and outputs are strings. func FirstWordInString(str string, state int) (word, rest string, newState int) { // An empty byte slice returns nothing. if len(str) == 0 { return } // Extract the first rune. r, length := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(str) if len(str) <= length { // If we're already past the end, there is nothing else to parse. return str, "", wbAny } // If we don't know the state, determine it now. if state < 0 { state, _ = transitionWordBreakState(state, r, nil, str[length:]) } // Transition until we find a boundary. var boundary bool for { r, l := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(str[length:]) state, boundary = transitionWordBreakState(state, r, nil, str[length+l:]) if boundary { return str[:length], str[length:], state } length += l if len(str) <= length { return str, "", wbAny } } }