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find unicode emoji in python regex
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emoji_regex.py
import re
emoji_pattern = re.compile(
u"(\ud83d[\ude00-\ude4f])|" # emoticons
u"(\ud83c[\udf00-\uffff])|" # symbols & pictographs (1 of 2)
u"(\ud83d[\u0000-\uddff])|" # symbols & pictographs (2 of 2)
u"(\ud83d[\ude80-\udeff])|" # transport & map symbols
u"(\ud83c[\udde0-\uddff])" # flags (iOS)
"+", flags=re.UNICODE)
if emoji_pattern.search(u"テスト😋"):
print True
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Mazyod commented Jul 16, 2019

Why wouldn't it work for Python3? It doesn't match anything.

@nvlong198
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It does not work for Py3

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akkez commented Dec 1, 2019

I've made a regexp with every existing emoji (gist)

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