Handy function to parse kanji out of sentences
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function parseText(text) { | |
// simplified version of this guys' http://buildingonmud.blogspot.com/2009/06/convert-string-to-unicode-in-javascript.html | |
var charArray = text.split(''); | |
var justKanji = []; | |
charArray.forEach( function(item) { | |
// rejection ranges found @unicodemap.com | |
// http://www.unicodemap.org/range/62/Hiragana/ & http://www.unicodemap.org/range/63/Katakana/ | |
// 12352 - 12543 | |
var unicode = item.charCodeAt(0); | |
console.log(unicode); | |
if (unicode < 12352 || unicode > 12543) { | |
justKanji.push(item); | |
} | |
}); | |
return justKanji; | |
} |
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