Python bindings for wc(s)width

cwcwidth provides Python bindings based on Cython for libc's wcwidth and wcswidth functions which compute the printable length of a unicode character/string on a terminal.

The module provides the same functions as wcwidth and its behavior is compatible.

Dependencies

• Cython >= 0.28 (only for building)

Quick installation guilde

cwcwidth can be installed via pip:

pip install cwcwidth

or by running:

python3 setup.py install

Usage

import cwcwidth
cwcwidth.wcwidth("a") # 1
cwcwidth.wcswidth("コ") # 2
cwcwidth.wcswidth("コンニチハ, セカイ!") # 19

Comparison with wcwidth

>>> import wcwidth, cwcwidth, timeit
>>> timeit.timeit(lambda: wcwidth.wcswidth("コンニチハ, セカイ!"))
19.14463168097427
>>> timeit.timeit(lambda: cwcwidth.wcswidth("コンニチハ, セカイ!"))
0.16294104099506512

License

The code is licensed under the MIT license.