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Split a javascript utf-16 string into an array of graphemes.
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split-graphemes.js
var splitGraphemes = function( string ) {
var matches = string.match( /([A-Z]{1})|([^A-Z]{2})|([^A-Z]{1})/gi );
if( !matches) return [];
return Array.prototype.slice.call( matches );
}
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quickredfox commented Mar 4, 2013

Note: This is context specific, YMMV.

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quickredfox commented Mar 4, 2013

Actually, no. It's crap. Dont use this.

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