Cangjians

Output filtering

Often when using pycangjie you will get lists of characters (for example, which characters correspond to the code “d*d” ?).

It is possible to filter these lists so you only get the characters you are interested in.

The following filters are defined in the cangjie.filters module:

• Use BIG5 if you are interested in the characters which are part of the Big 5 charset.
• Use HKSCS if you want the characters which are part of the Hong Kong Supplemental Character Set.
• Use PUNCTUATION to get the punctuation characters.
• Use CHINESE if you want all Chinese characters.
• Use ZHUYIN in order to get the characters part of Taiwan’s Zhuyin/Bopomofo alphabet.
• Use KANJI for the Japanese Kanji characters.
• Use KATAKANA and you’ll get the Japanese Katakana characters.
• Use HIRAGANA if the Japanese Hiragana matter to you.
• Finally, use SYMBOLS to get access to lots of miscellaneous symbols.

Note that these are bit flags. If you want more than one, just OR them together.

For example, if you want the Big 5 and HKSCS characters, use:

import cangjie

cangjie.filters.BIG5 | cangjie.filters.HKSCS