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July 31, 2014 15:52
Random Gmail Emojis
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
""" | |
Return a random unicode character likely to render as a valid emoji in gmail | |
Ranges are taken from | |
http://www.unicode.org/~scherer/emoji4unicode/20090804/utc.html | |
""" | |
import random | |
google_emoji_ranges = { | |
'0': ('00', '5B'), | |
'1': ('90', 'E2'), | |
'3': ('20', '5B'), | |
'4': ('B0', 'FF'), | |
'5': ('00', '53'), | |
'7': ('D0', 'FF'), | |
'8': ('00', '3A'), | |
'9': ('60', '88'), | |
'A': ('F0', 'FF'), | |
'B': ('00', 'A1'), | |
} | |
more_sig_byte = random.choice(google_emoji_ranges.keys()) | |
# Since the ranges are different sizes, all characters don't have | |
# an equal probability of being chosen. I don't care. | |
min_range, max_range = google_emoji_ranges[more_sig_byte] | |
least_sig_bytes = random.randint(int(min_range, 16), int(max_range, 16)) | |
print unichr( | |
int('FE000', 16) + | |
int(more_sig_byte + '00', 16) + | |
least_sig_bytes | |
).encode('utf-8') |
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