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 FromCharacterName

Source Notebook

Get a string character from its name

Contributed by: Richard Hennigan (Wolfram Research)

ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"]["name"]

gets the character named "name".

ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"][{"name1","name2",…}]

gets a string containing the named characters.

Details and Options

ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"][{{…},{…},…}] will return a list or lists of strings.
ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"] is a partial inverse for CharacterName.

Examples

Basic Examples (3) 

Get a character from its name:

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ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"]["Ellipsis"]
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In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"]["Checkmark"]
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In[3]:=
ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"]["FreakedSmiley"]
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Get a string from a list of character names:

In[4]:=
ResourceFunction[ "FromCharacterName"][{"LatinSmallLetterH", "LatinSmallLetterE", "LatinSmallLetterL", "LatinSmallLetterL", "LatinSmallLetterO"}]
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Get a list of strings:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction[ "FromCharacterName"][{{"HappySmiley", "Checkmark"}, {"FreakedSmiley", "Times"}}]
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Scope (2) 

FromCharacterName will thread over lists:

In[6]:=
ResourceFunction[ "FromCharacterName"][{{{}, {"HappySmiley", "Checkmark"}, {"FreakedSmiley", "Times"}, {{"SpaceKey", "Times", "Infinity", "Wolf", "ImaginaryI", "HappySmiley"}}}, {"LatinSmallLetterH", "LatinSmallLetterE", "LatinSmallLetterL", "LatinSmallLetterL", "LatinSmallLetterO"}}]
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An empty list will produce an empty string:

In[7]:=
ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"][{}]
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Properties and Relations (1) 

FromCharacterName is a partial inverse of CharacterName:

In[8]:=
SeedRandom[1]; FromCharacterCode[RandomInteger[65535, 10]]
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In[9]:=
CharacterName[%]
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In[10]:=
ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"][%]
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Possible Issues (2) 

Names are case sensitive:

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ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"]["SuperScriptOne"]
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In[12]:=
ResourceFunction["FromCharacterName"]["SuperscriptOne"]
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Each list must not mix strings and lists:

In[13]:=
ResourceFunction[ "FromCharacterName"][{"Checkmark", {"FreakedSmiley", "Times"}}]
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In[14]:=
ResourceFunction[ "FromCharacterName"][{{"Checkmark"}, {"FreakedSmiley", "Times"}}]
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In[15]:=
ResourceFunction[ "FromCharacterName"][{{"Checkmark", "FreakedSmiley", "Times"}}]
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Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 21 February 2019

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