3 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.lua b/src/nvim/eval.lua
index a2272f0c98..e4e9b34ec6 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.lua
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.lua
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ return {
     chanclose={args={1, 2}},
     chansend={args=2},
     char2nr={args={1, 2}, base=1},
+    charclass={args=1, base=1},
     charcol={args=1, base=1},
     charidx={args={2, 3}, base=1},
     chdir={args=1, base=1},
diff --git a/src/nvim/mbyte.c b/src/nvim/mbyte.c
index e4d2d35c1b..378a08131d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/mbyte.c
+++ b/src/nvim/mbyte.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,11 @@ int utf_class_tab(const int c, const uint64_t *const chartab)
     return 1;               // punctuation
   }
 
+  // emoji
+  if (intable(emoji_all, ARRAY_SIZE(emoji_all), c)) {
+    return 3;
+  }
+
   // binary search in table
   while (top >= bot) {
     mid = (bot + top) / 2;
@@ -1194,11 +1199,6 @@ int utf_class_tab(const int c, const uint64_t *const chartab)
     }
   }
 
-  // emoji
-  if (intable(emoji_all, ARRAY_SIZE(emoji_all), c)) {
-    return 3;
-  }
-
   // most other characters are "word" characters
   return 2;
 }
@@ -2858,3 +2858,14 @@ void f_setcellwidths(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, FunPtr fptr)
   xfree(cw_table_save);
   redraw_all_later(NOT_VALID);
 }
+
+void f_charclass(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, FunPtr fptr)
+{
+  if (argvars[0].v_type != VAR_STRING
+      || argvars[0].vval.v_string == NULL
+      || *argvars[0].vval.v_string == NUL) {
+    emsg(_(e_stringreq));
+    return;
+  }
+  rettv->vval.v_number = mb_get_class((const char_u *)argvars[0].vval.v_string);
+}
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim
index c11e7b4fea..e0e0c1ca38 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_functions.vim
@@ -1769,6 +1769,13 @@ func Test_char2nr()
   call assert_equal(12354, char2nr('あ', 1))
 endfunc
 
+func Test_charclass()
+  call assert_equal(0, charclass(' '))
+  call assert_equal(1, charclass('.'))
+  call assert_equal(2, charclass('x'))
+  call assert_equal(3, charclass("\u203c"))
+endfunc
+
 func Test_eventhandler()
   call assert_equal(0, eventhandler())
 endfunc