From e0b3279cc17aab1b8e5967fec81a34313d786de8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caleb Fontenot <foley2431@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:55:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Let's try mozilla's fixedCharAt function

---
 commands/drawDesign.cjs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/commands/drawDesign.cjs b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
index c69d1a3..910f3c9 100644
--- a/commands/drawDesign.cjs
+++ b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
@@ -217,13 +217,25 @@ function charIterate(input) {
 	let temp = input.split('');
 	for (let i = 0; i < stringLength; ++i) {
 		let compareString = temp.join("");
-		console.log(surrogatePairs.exec(compareString), compareString);
-		let stringEvalIndex = surrogatePairs.exec(compareString).index;
-		if (stringEvalIndex != null && stringEvalIndex == i) {
-			stringLength--;
-			console.log("Decreasing stringLength variable to", stringLength);
+		//console.log(surrogatePairs.exec(compareString), compareString);
+		let stringEval = undefined, stringEvalIndex = undefined;
+		try {
+			while ((stringEval = surrogatePairs.exec(compareString)) !== null) {
+				stringEvalIndex = stringEval.index;
+				//console.log("emoji is at index", stringEvalIndex);
+			}
+			
+
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.log(e);
+			console.log("Handling exception...");
 		}
-		temp.shift();
+		if (stringEvalIndex == i) {
+			stringLength--;
+			temp.splice(i, 1);
+			//console.log("Decreasing stringLength variable to", stringLength);
+		}
+		
 	}
 	if (charIterateState == undefined) {
 		console.log("undefined! setting to zero");