Unicode Fractions

@magrinj/parse-ingredients automatically converts Unicode fraction characters to their decimal equivalents during parsing.

Supported Fractions

Unicode	Character	Decimal
U+00BC	¼	0.25
U+00BD	½	0.5
U+00BE	¾	0.75
U+2150	⅐	0.142
U+2151	⅑	0.111
U+2152	⅒	0.1
U+2153	⅓	0.333
U+2154	⅔	0.666
U+2155	⅕	0.2
U+2156	⅖	0.4
U+2157	⅗	0.6
U+2158	⅘	0.8
U+2159	⅙	0.166
U+215A	⅚	0.833
U+215B	⅛	0.125
U+215C	⅜	0.375
U+215D	⅝	0.625
U+215E	⅞	0.875

Mixed Numbers

Unicode fractions can be combined with whole numbers:

import parse from '@magrinj/parse-ingredients';

parse('2½ cups flour');
// { quantity: '2.5', unit: 'cup', ingredient: 'flour', ... }

parse('1¾ teaspoons salt');
// { quantity: '1.75', unit: 'teaspoon', ingredient: 'salt', ... }

These are commonly found in recipe content copied from websites, PDFs, or cookbooks that use special typography.