direction

Detect direction: left-to-right, right-to-left, or neutral.

API

Install:

npm install direction

Use:

var direction = require('direction');

direction('A'); //=> 'ltr'
direction('anglais'); //=> 'ltr'
direction('بسيطة'); //=> 'rtl'
direction('@'); //=> 'neutral'

CLI

Install:

npm install -g direction

Use:

Usage: direction [options] <words...>

Detect directionality: left-to-right, right-to-left, or neutral

Options:

  -h, --help           output usage information
  -v, --version        output version number

Usage:

# output directionality
$ direction @
# neutral

# output directionality from stdin
$ echo 'الانجليزية' | direction
# rtl

License

MIT © Titus Wormer