gh-66802: Add unicodedata.block() function

Doc/library/unicodedata.rst

@@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ following functions:
    `Unicode Standard Annex #11 <https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/>`_.
 
 
+.. function:: block(chr, /)
+
+   Returns the `block
+   <https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G64189>`_
+   assigned to the character *chr*. For example::
+
+      >>> unicodedata.block('S')
+      'Basic Latin'
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
+
 .. function:: mirrored(chr, /)
 
    Returns the mirrored property assigned to the character *chr* as

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ unicodedata
   of the character which are related to the above algorithm.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka and Guillaume Sanchez in :gh:`74902`.)
 
+* Add :func:`~unicodedata.block` function to return the `Unicode block
+  <https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G64189>`_
+  assigned to a character.
+  (Contributed by Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`66802`.)
+
 
 unittest
 --------

Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py

@@ -973,6 +973,97 @@ def graphemes(*args):
             'a\U0001F1FA\U0001F1E6\U0001F1FA\U0001F1F3'),
             ['a', '\U0001F1FA\U0001F1E6', '\U0001F1FA\U0001F1F3'])
 
+    def test_block(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0000'), 'Basic Latin')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0041'), 'Basic Latin')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u007F'), 'Basic Latin')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0080'), 'Latin-1 Supplement')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u00FF'), 'Latin-1 Supplement')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u1159'), 'Hangul Jamo')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u11F9'), 'Hangul Jamo')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\uD788'), 'Hangul Syllables')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\uD7A3'), 'Hangul Syllables')
+        # New in 5.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u05BA'), 'Hebrew')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u20EF'), 'Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols')
+        # New in 5.1.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u2064'), 'General Punctuation')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\uAA4D'), 'Cham')
+        # New in 5.2.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0816'), 'Samaritan')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\uA97C'), 'Hangul Jamo Extended-A')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\uD7C6'), 'Hangul Jamo Extended-B')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\uD7FB'), 'Hangul Jamo Extended-B')
+        # New in 6.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u093A'), 'Devanagari')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011002'), 'Brahmi')
+        # New in 6.1.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U000E0FFF'), 'No_Block')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00016F7E'), 'Miao')
+        # New in 6.2.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001F1E6'), 'Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001F1FF'), 'Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement')
+        # New in 6.3.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u180E'), 'Mongolian')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u1A1B'), 'Buginese')
+        # New in 7.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0E33'), 'Thai')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0EB3'), 'Lao')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001BCA3'), 'Shorthand Format Controls')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001E8D6'), 'Mende Kikakui')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001163E'), 'Modi')
+        # New in 8.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u08E3'), 'Arabic Extended-A')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011726'), 'Ahom')
+        # New in 9.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0600'), 'Arabic')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U000E007F'), 'Tags')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011CB4'), 'Marchen')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u200D'), 'General Punctuation')
+        # New in 10.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011D46'), 'Masaram Gondi')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011D47'), 'Masaram Gondi')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011A97'), 'Soyombo')
+        # New in 11.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U000110CD'), 'Kaithi')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u07FD'), 'NKo')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011EF6'), 'Makasar')
+        # New in 12.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011A84'), 'Soyombo')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00013438'), 'Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001E2EF'), 'Wancho')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00016F87'), 'Miao')
+        # New in 13.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011941'), 'Dives Akuru')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00016FE4'), 'Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011942'), 'Dives Akuru')
+        # New in 14.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u0891'), 'Arabic Extended-B')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001E2AE'), 'Toto')
+        # New in 15.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011F02'), 'Kawi')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001343F'), 'Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001E4EF'), 'Nag Mundari')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011F3F'), 'Kawi')
+        # New in 16.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U000113D1'), 'Tulu-Tigalari')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001E5EF'), 'Ol Onal')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0001612C'), 'Gurung Khema')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00016D63'), 'Kirat Rai')
+        # New in 17.0.0
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\u1AEB'), 'Combining Diacritical Marks Extended')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00011B67'), 'Sharada Supplement')
+        # Unassigned
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U00100000'), 'Supplementary Private Use Area-B')
+        self.assertEqual(self.db.block('\U0010FFFF'), 'Supplementary Private Use Area-B')
+
+    def test_block_invalid_input(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.db.block)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.db.block, b'x')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.db.block, 120)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.db.block, '')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.db.block, 'xx')
+
 
 class Unicode_3_2_0_FunctionsTest(unittest.TestCase, BaseUnicodeFunctionsTest):
     db = unicodedata.ucd_3_2_0

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-02-20-13-03-10.gh-issue-66802.OYcAi_.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Add :func:`unicodedata.block` function to return the `Unicode block
+<https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G64189>`_ of a
+character.

Modules/unicodedata.c

@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@
     }
 
     if (i < (int)Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(derived_name_prefixes)) {
         Py_UCS4 v = parse_hex_code(name + prefixlen, namelen - prefixlen);
         if (find_prefix_id(v) != i) {
             return 0;
         }
@@ -2066,6 +2066,39 @@
     return (PyObject*)gbi;
 }
 
+/*[clinic input]
+unicodedata.block
+
+    chr: int(accept={str})
+    /
+
+Return block assigned to the character chr.
+[clinic start generated code]*/
+
+static PyObject *
+unicodedata_block_impl(PyObject *module, int chr)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=5f8b40c49eaec75a input=0834cf2642d6eaae]*/
+{
+    Py_UCS4 c = (Py_UCS4)chr;
+    int lo = 0, hi = BLOCK_COUNT - 1;
+    while (lo <= hi) {
+        int mid = (lo + hi) / 2;
+        if (c < _PyUnicode_Blocks[mid].start) {
+            hi = mid - 1;
+        }
+        else if (c > _PyUnicode_Blocks[mid].end) {
+            lo = mid + 1;
+        }
+        else {
+            size_t name = _PyUnicode_Blocks[mid].name;
+            return PyUnicode_FromString(_PyUnicode_BlockNames[name]);
+        }
+    }
+    // Otherwise, return the default value per
+    // https://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/core-spec/chapter-3/#G64189
+    return PyUnicode_FromString("No_Block");
+}
+
 /*[clinic input]
 unicodedata.grapheme_cluster_break
 
@@ -2128,6 +2161,7 @@
 // an UCD instance.
 static PyMethodDef unicodedata_functions[] = {
     // Module only functions.
+    UNICODEDATA_BLOCK_METHODDEF
     UNICODEDATA_GRAPHEME_CLUSTER_BREAK_METHODDEF
     UNICODEDATA_INDIC_CONJUNCT_BREAK_METHODDEF
     UNICODEDATA_EXTENDED_PICTOGRAPHIC_METHODDEF
@@ -2137,7 +2171,7 @@
 
     // The following definitions are shared between the module
     // and the UCD class.
-#define DB_methods (unicodedata_functions + 6)
+#define DB_methods (unicodedata_functions + 7)
 
     UNICODEDATA_UCD_DECIMAL_METHODDEF
     UNICODEDATA_UCD_DIGIT_METHODDEF