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Get a Flag Emoji by the ISO country code derived from this DEV.to article -> https://dev.to/jorik/country-code-to-flag-emoji-a21
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getFlagByCountryCode.js
const utf16A = 65;
const unicodeRegionA = 127462;
const flagBaseChar = unicodeRegionA - utf16A;
const exampleCountryCode = 'DE'
const getFlagByCountryCode = (countryCode: string) => {
const codePoints = countryCode
.toUpperCase()
.split('')
.map((char) => flagBaseChar + char.charCodeAt(0));
return String.fromCodePoint(...codePoints);
}
getFlagByCountryCode(exampleCountryCode)
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