# `Cldr.Collation.Element`
[🔗](https://github.com/elixir-cldr/cldr_collation/blob/v1.0.0/lib/cldr/collation/element.ex#L1)

A Cldr.Collation Element (CE) with primary, secondary, and tertiary weights.

Elements are represented as `{primary, secondary, tertiary, variable}` tuples
for compact persistent_term storage. Constructor and accessor functions provide
a readable interface.

Weights follow the CLDR/UCA specification:
- Primary: base character identity (0x0000-0xFFFF)
- Secondary: accent/diacritic differences (0x0000-0x01FF)
- Tertiary: case/width/variant differences (0x0000-0x003F)

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: {non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer(), boolean()}
```

# `ignorable?`

```elixir
@spec ignorable?(t()) :: boolean()
```

Check if a collation element is completely ignorable.

A completely ignorable element has all weights (primary, secondary, tertiary)
set to zero.

### Arguments

* `element` - a collation element tuple.

### Returns

* `true` if all weights are zero.
* `false` otherwise.

### Examples

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.ignorable?({0, 0, 0, false})
    true

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.ignorable?({0, 0x0020, 0, false})
    false

# `new`

```elixir
@spec new(non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer(), boolean()) :: t()
```

Create a new collation element tuple.

### Arguments

* `primary` - the primary weight (default: `0`).
* `secondary` - the secondary weight (default: `0`).
* `tertiary` - the tertiary weight (default: `0`).
* `variable` - whether this is a variable element (default: `false`).

### Returns

A `{primary, secondary, tertiary, variable}` tuple.

### Examples

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.new(0x23EC, 0x0020, 0x0008, false)
    {0x23EC, 0x0020, 0x0008, false}

# `primary`

```elixir
@spec primary(t()) :: non_neg_integer()
```

Get the primary weight of a collation element.

### Arguments

* `element` - a collation element tuple.

### Returns

The primary weight as a non-negative integer.

### Examples

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.primary({0x23EC, 0x0020, 0x0008, false})
    0x23EC

# `primary_ignorable?`

```elixir
@spec primary_ignorable?(t()) :: boolean()
```

Check if a collation element is primary-ignorable.

A primary-ignorable element has a primary weight of zero but may have
non-zero secondary or tertiary weights (e.g., combining accents).

### Arguments

* `element` - a collation element tuple.

### Returns

* `true` if the primary weight is zero.
* `false` otherwise.

### Examples

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.primary_ignorable?({0, 0x0024, 0x0002, false})
    true

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.primary_ignorable?({0x23EC, 0x0020, 0x0002, false})
    false

# `secondary`

```elixir
@spec secondary(t()) :: non_neg_integer()
```

Get the secondary weight of a collation element.

### Arguments

* `element` - a collation element tuple.

### Returns

The secondary weight as a non-negative integer.

### Examples

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.secondary({0x23EC, 0x0020, 0x0008, false})
    0x0020

# `tertiary`

```elixir
@spec tertiary(t()) :: non_neg_integer()
```

Get the tertiary weight of a collation element.

### Arguments

* `element` - a collation element tuple.

### Returns

The tertiary weight as a non-negative integer.

### Examples

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.tertiary({0x23EC, 0x0020, 0x0008, false})
    0x0008

# `variable?`

```elixir
@spec variable?(t(), non_neg_integer()) :: boolean()
```

Check if a collation element is a variable element.

Variable elements represent spaces, punctuation, symbols, and currency signs.
They are identified by the `variable: true` flag set during parsing of the
collation table (derived from the `[first variable]` and `[last variable]`
boundaries in FractionalUCA.txt).

### Arguments

* `element` - a collation element tuple.
* `max_variable_primary` - the maximum primary weight for variable elements (unused, retained for API compatibility).

### Returns

* `true` if the element is marked as variable and has a non-zero primary weight.
* `false` otherwise.

### Examples

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.variable?({0x0269, 0x0020, 0x0002, true}, 0x0B61)
    true

    iex> Cldr.Collation.Element.variable?({0x23EC, 0x0020, 0x0002, false}, 0x0B61)
    false

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