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doc: improve punycode.js documentation

v0.11.3-release
Mathias Bynens 12 years ago
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@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use npm to install the `punycode` module first.)
## punycode.decode(string) ## punycode.decode(string)
Converts a Punycode string of ASCII code points to a string of Unicode code Converts a Punycode string of ASCII-only symbols to a string of Unicode symbols.
points.
// decode domain name parts // decode domain name parts
punycode.decode('maana-pta'); // 'mañana' punycode.decode('maana-pta'); // 'mañana'
@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ points.
## punycode.encode(string) ## punycode.encode(string)
Converts a string of Unicode code points to a Punycode string of ASCII code Converts a string of Unicode symbols to a Punycode string of ASCII-only symbols.
points.
// encode domain name parts // encode domain name parts
punycode.encode('mañana'); // 'maana-pta' punycode.encode('mañana'); // 'maana-pta'
@ -48,21 +46,21 @@ you call it with a domain that's already in ASCII.
### punycode.ucs2.decode(string) ### punycode.ucs2.decode(string)
Creates an array containing the decimal code points of each Unicode character Creates an array containing the numeric code point values of each Unicode
in the string. While [JavaScript uses UCS-2 symbol in the string. While [JavaScript uses UCS-2
internally](http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-encoding), this function internally](http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-encoding), this function
will convert a pair of surrogate halves (each of which UCS-2 exposes as will convert a pair of surrogate halves (each of which UCS-2 exposes as
separate characters) into a single code point, matching UTF-16. separate characters) into a single code point, matching UTF-16.
punycode.ucs2.decode('abc'); // [97, 98, 99] punycode.ucs2.decode('abc'); // [0x61, 0x62, 0x63]
// surrogate pair for U+1D306 tetragram for centre: // surrogate pair for U+1D306 tetragram for centre:
punycode.ucs2.decode('\uD834\uDF06'); // [0x1D306] punycode.ucs2.decode('\uD834\uDF06'); // [0x1D306]
### punycode.ucs2.encode(codePoints) ### punycode.ucs2.encode(codePoints)
Creates a string based on an array of decimal code points. Creates a string based on an array of numeric code point values.
punycode.ucs2.encode([97, 98, 99]); // 'abc' punycode.ucs2.encode([0x61, 0x62, 0x63]); // 'abc'
punycode.ucs2.encode([0x1D306]); // '\uD834\uDF06' punycode.ucs2.encode([0x1D306]); // '\uD834\uDF06'
## punycode.version ## punycode.version

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