– 判断utf8字符byte长度
– 0xxxxxxx - 1 byte
– 110yxxxx - 192, 2 byte
– 1110yyyy - 225, 3 byte
– 11110zzz - 240, 4 byte
local function chsize(char)
if not char then
print(“not char”)
return 0
elseif char > 240 then
return 4
elseif char > 225 then
return 3
elseif char > 192 then
return 2
else
return 1
end
end

-- 计算utf8字符串字符数, 各种字符都按一个字符计算
-- 例如utf8len("1你好") => 3
function utf8len(str)
    local len = 0
    local currentIndex = 1
    while currentIndex <= #str do
	    local char = string.byte(str, currentIndex)
	    currentIndex = currentIndex + chsize(char)
	    len = len +1
    end
    return len
end

-- 截取utf8 字符串
-- str: 要截取的字符串
-- startChar:   开始字符下标,从1开始
-- numChars:要截取的字符长度
function utf8sub(str, startChar, numChars)
    local startIndex = 1
    while startChar > 1 do
	    local char = string.byte(str, startIndex)
	    startIndex = startIndex + chsize(char)
	    startChar = startChar - 1
    end

    local currentIndex = startIndex
    
    while numChars > 0 and currentIndex <= #str do
	    local char = string.byte(str, currentIndex)
	    currentIndex = currentIndex + chsize(char)
	    numChars = numChars -1
    end
    return str:sub(startIndex, currentIndex - 1)
end

-- 自测
function test()
    -- test utf8len
    assert(utf8len("你好1世界哈哈") == 7)
    assert(utf8len("你好世界1哈哈 ") == 8)
    assert(utf8len(" 你好世 界1哈哈") == 9)
    大专栏  [Lua] lua 从字符串获取指定第几位数到第几位数 - Tsang Si assert(utf8len("12345678") == 8)
    assert(utf8len("øpø你好pix") == 8)

    -- test utf8sub
    assert(utf8sub("你好1世界哈哈",2,5) == "好1世界哈")
    assert(utf8sub("1你好1世界哈哈",2,5) == "你好1世界")
    assert(utf8sub(" 你好1世界 哈哈",2,6) == "你好1世界 ")
    assert(utf8sub("你好世界1哈哈",1,5) == "你好世界1")
    assert(utf8sub("12345678",3,5) == "34567")
    assert(utf8sub("øpø你好pix",2,5) == "pø你好p")
    
    print("all test succ")
end

test()

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