string.search() that ignores accented characters?

Question

I need to treat accented characters as if they were the same as their non accented counterparts. This is my code:

var re = new RegExp(string, \'i\');
if(target.s         


        

Answer 1

uses the library semplice

http://semplicewebsites.com/removing-accents-javascript

var latin_map = {
  'Á': 'A', // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
  'Ă': 'A', // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH BREVE
...
  'ᵥ': 'v', // LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER V
  'ₓ': 'x', // LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER X
};


String.prototype.latinise = function() {
   return this.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9]/g, function(x) { return latin_map[x] || x; })
};