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iOS: Heuristic to check for non latin languages
// clang -framework Foundation check-non-latin.m && ./a.out
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
int main (int argc, char const *argv[])
{
@autoreleasepool
{
NSDictionary *langToText = @{@"arabic": [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"العربي"],
@"japanese": [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"日本"],
@"german": [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"äö"],
@"turkish": [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"üç"],
@"hebrew": [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"עִבְרִית"],
@"chinese": [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"汉语 /漢語"],
@"czech": [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"Čé"]};
for (NSString *lang in langToText)
{
NSRange r =
[[langToText objectForKey:lang] rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[NSCharacterSet decomposableCharacterSet]];
if (r.location == NSNotFound)
{
NSLog(@"%@ is not latin", lang);
}
else
{
NSLog(@"%@ is latin", lang);
}
}
}
return 0;
}
$ clang -framework Foundation check-non-latin.m && ./a.out
2012-12-02 21:34:05.553 a.out[38045:707] arabic is not latin
2012-12-02 21:34:05.556 a.out[38045:707] japanese is not latin
2012-12-02 21:34:05.557 a.out[38045:707] german is latin
2012-12-02 21:34:05.559 a.out[38045:707] hebrew is not latin
2012-12-02 21:34:05.559 a.out[38045:707] chinese is not latin
2012-12-02 21:34:05.560 a.out[38045:707] czech is latin
2012-12-02 21:34:05.561 a.out[38045:707] turkish is latin
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