/**
* @author HarelKatz [github.com/HarelKatz]
* @copyright Crown Copyright 2026
* @license Apache-2.0
*/
import Operation from "../Operation.mjs";
/**
* Escape Smart Characters operation
*/
class EscapeSmartCharacters extends Operation {
/**
* EscapeSmartCharacters constructor
*/
constructor() {
super();
this.name = "Escape Smart Characters";
this.module = "Default";
this.description = "Converts smart (typographic) Unicode characters — e.g. smart quotes, em/en dashes, ellipses, ©, ®, ™, arrows — into their plain ASCII equivalents.
Characters with no ASCII mapping (e.g. ☣) are handled according to the 'Unmappable characters' option.
e.g. “Hello” — world… becomes \"Hello\" -- world...";
this.infoURL = "";
this.inputType = "string";
this.outputType = "string";
this.args = [
{
name: "Unmappable characters",
type: "option",
value: ["Include", "Remove", "Replace with '.'"]
}
];
}
/**
* @param {string} input
* @param {Object[]} args
* @returns {string}
*/
run(input, args) {
const [unmappable] = args;
let result = "";
for (const ch of input) {
if (ch.codePointAt(0) < 128) {
result += ch;
} else if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(SMART_MAP, ch)) {
result += SMART_MAP[ch];
} else {
switch (unmappable) {
case "Remove":
break;
case "Replace with '.'":
result += ".";
break;
case "Include":
default:
result += ch;
break;
}
}
}
return result;
}
}
const SMART_MAP = {
// Smart double quotes
"“": "\"", // “ left double quotation mark
"”": "\"", // ” right double quotation mark
"„": "\"", // „ double low-9 quotation mark
"‟": "\"", // ‟ double high-reversed-9 quotation mark
"″": "\"", // ″ double prime
// Smart single quotes / apostrophes
"‘": "'", // ‘ left single quotation mark
"’": "'", // ’ right single quotation mark / apostrophe
"‚": "'", // ‚ single low-9 quotation mark
"‛": "'", // ‛ single high-reversed-9 quotation mark
"′": "'", // ′ prime
// Dashes & hyphens
"‐": "-", // ‐ hyphen
"‑": "-", // ‑ non-breaking hyphen
"‒": "-", // ‒ figure dash
"–": "-", // – en dash
"—": "--", // — em dash
"―": "--", // ― horizontal bar
// Ellipsis
"…": "...", // …
// Trademark / copyright symbols
"©": "(c)", // ©
"®": "(r)", // ®
"™": "(tm)", // ™
// Arrows
"←": "<--", // ←
"→": "-->", // →
"↑": "^", // ↑
"↓": "v", // ↓
"↔": "<->", // ↔
"⇐": "<==", // ⇐
"⇒": "==>", // ⇒
"⇔": "<=>", // ⇔
// Guillemets
"«": "<<", // «
"»": ">>", // »
"‹": "<", // ‹
"›": ">", // ›
// Math & misc symbols
"×": "x", // ×
"÷": "/", // ÷
"±": "+/-", // ±
"•": "*", // •
"·": ".", // ·
// Non-ASCII spaces
"\u00A0": " ", // NBSP
"\u2002": " ", // en space
"\u2003": " ", // em space
"\u2009": " ", // thin space
"\u200A": " " // hair space
};
export default EscapeSmartCharacters;