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This projects polyfills the Intl.Segmenter API for browsers that do not support it.

Intl-Segmenter-Polyfill-rs

This repo is archived since all major browsers support this feature.

About

This project polyfills the Intl.Segmenter API for browsers that do not support it.

See the bugzilla issue here.

Since April 2024, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

Packages are available at:

• https://www.npmjs.com/package/intl-segmenter-polyfill-rs
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/intl-segmenter-polyfill-rs-web

Usage

Install wasm-pack

cargo install wasm-pack

Install binaryen

Use your package manager to install binaryen.

Install icu4x-datagen

cargo install icu_datagen

Generate the data

bash icu-datagen.sh

Build

bash build.sh

Use it in your project

import * as IntlSegmeterPolyfill from "intl-segmenter-polyfill-rs";
// Browsers like firefox
if (Intl.Segmenter === undefined) {
    Intl.Segmenter = IntlSegmeterPolyfill.Segmenter;
    const segmenterFr = new Intl.Segmenter('fr', { granularity: 'sentence' });
    const string1 = 'Hello World. Xin chào thế giới!';

    const iterator1 = segmenterFr.segment(string1)[Symbol.iterator]();

    console.log(iterator1.next().value.segment);
    // Expected output: 'Hello World. '

    console.log(iterator1.next().value.segment);
    // Expected output: 'Xin chào thế giới!'
}

Use it directly in the browser

<!-- Modify your src according to your need -->
<script type="module" src="/node_modules/intl-segmenter-polyfill-rs-web/intl_segmenter_polyfill_rs.js"></script>

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.