How do I remove accentuated characters from a string? Especially in IE6, I had something like this:
accentsTidy = function(s){
var r=s.toLowerCase();
With ES2015/ES6 String.prototype.normalize(),
const str = "Crème Brulée"
str.normalize("NFD").replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
> "Creme Brulee"
Two things are happening here:
normalize()
ing to NFD
Unicode normal form decomposes combined graphemes into the combination of simple ones. The è
of Crème
ends up expressed as e
+ ̀
.See comment for performance testing.
Alternatively, if you just want sorting
Intl.Collator has sufficient support ~95% right now, a polyfill is also available here but I haven't tested it.
const c = new Intl.Collator();
["creme brulee", "crème brulée", "crame brulai", "crome brouillé",
"creme brulay", "creme brulfé", "creme bruléa"].sort(c.compare)
["crame brulai", "creme brulay", "creme bruléa", "creme brulee",
"crème brulée", "creme brulfé", "crome brouillé"]
["creme brulee", "crème brulée", "crame brulai", "crome brouillé"].sort((a,b) => a>b)
["crame brulai", "creme brulee", "crome brouillé", "crème brulée"]
One solution that seems to be way faster by the given test : http://jsperf.com/diacritics/9
function removeDiacritics(str) {
return str.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\s]+/g, function(a){
return diacriticsMap[a] || a;
});
}
removeDiacritics(teste);
Working example: http://jsbin.com/sovorute/1/edit
Reasoning: One reason this is much faster is because we only iterate through the special characters, picked by the negated regex pattern. The fastest of the tests (String Iteration without in) iterates 1001 on the given text, which means every character. This one iterates only 35 times and outputs the same result. Keep in mind that this will only replace what is indicated in the map.
Classic article on the subject: http://alistapart.com/article/accent-folding-for-auto-complete
Credit: http://semplicewebsites.com/removing-accents-javascript , also provides a nice character map.
A more complete version with case sensitive support, ligatures and whatnot. Original source at: http://lehelk.com/2011/05/06/script-to-remove-diacritics/
var defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap = [
{'base':'A', 'letters':/[\u0041\u24B6\uFF21\u00C0\u00C1\u00C2\u1EA6\u1EA4\u1EAA\u1EA8\u00C3\u0100\u0102\u1EB0\u1EAE\u1EB4\u1EB2\u0226\u01E0\u00C4\u01DE\u1EA2\u00C5\u01FA\u01CD\u0200\u0202\u1EA0\u1EAC\u1EB6\u1E00\u0104\u023A\u2C6F]/g},
{'base':'AA','letters':/[\uA732]/g},
{'base':'AE','letters':/[\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2]/g},
{'base':'AO','letters':/[\uA734]/g},
{'base':'AU','letters':/[\uA736]/g},
{'base':'AV','letters':/[\uA738\uA73A]/g},
{'base':'AY','letters':/[\uA73C]/g},
{'base':'B', 'letters':/[\u0042\u24B7\uFF22\u1E02\u1E04\u1E06\u0243\u0182\u0181]/g},
{'base':'C', 'letters':/[\u0043\u24B8\uFF23\u0106\u0108\u010A\u010C\u00C7\u1E08\u0187\u023B\uA73E]/g},
{'base':'D', 'letters':/[\u0044\u24B9\uFF24\u1E0A\u010E\u1E0C\u1E10\u1E12\u1E0E\u0110\u018B\u018A\u0189\uA779]/g},
{'base':'DZ','letters':/[\u01F1\u01C4]/g},
{'base':'Dz','letters':/[\u01F2\u01C5]/g},
{'base':'E', 'letters':/[\u0045\u24BA\uFF25\u00C8\u00C9\u00CA\u1EC0\u1EBE\u1EC4\u1EC2\u1EBC\u0112\u1E14\u1E16\u0114\u0116\u00CB\u1EBA\u011A\u0204\u0206\u1EB8\u1EC6\u0228\u1E1C\u0118\u1E18\u1E1A\u0190\u018E]/g},
{'base':'F', 'letters':/[\u0046\u24BB\uFF26\u1E1E\u0191\uA77B]/g},
{'base':'G', 'letters':/[\u0047\u24BC\uFF27\u01F4\u011C\u1E20\u011E\u0120\u01E6\u0122\u01E4\u0193\uA7A0\uA77D\uA77E]/g},
{'base':'H', 'letters':/[\u0048\u24BD\uFF28\u0124\u1E22\u1E26\u021E\u1E24\u1E28\u1E2A\u0126\u2C67\u2C75\uA78D]/g},
{'base':'I', 'letters':/[\u0049\u24BE\uFF29\u00CC\u00CD\u00CE\u0128\u012A\u012C\u0130\u00CF\u1E2E\u1EC8\u01CF\u0208\u020A\u1ECA\u012E\u1E2C\u0197]/g},
{'base':'J', 'letters':/[\u004A\u24BF\uFF2A\u0134\u0248]/g},
{'base':'K', 'letters':/[\u004B\u24C0\uFF2B\u1E30\u01E8\u1E32\u0136\u1E34\u0198\u2C69\uA740\uA742\uA744\uA7A2]/g},
{'base':'L', 'letters':/[\u004C\u24C1\uFF2C\u013F\u0139\u013D\u1E36\u1E38\u013B\u1E3C\u1E3A\u0141\u023D\u2C62\u2C60\uA748\uA746\uA780]/g},
{'base':'LJ','letters':/[\u01C7]/g},
{'base':'Lj','letters':/[\u01C8]/g},
{'base':'M', 'letters':/[\u004D\u24C2\uFF2D\u1E3E\u1E40\u1E42\u2C6E\u019C]/g},
{'base':'N', 'letters':/[\u004E\u24C3\uFF2E\u01F8\u0143\u00D1\u1E44\u0147\u1E46\u0145\u1E4A\u1E48\u0220\u019D\uA790\uA7A4]/g},
{'base':'NJ','letters':/[\u01CA]/g},
{'base':'Nj','letters':/[\u01CB]/g},
{'base':'O', 'letters':/[\u004F\u24C4\uFF2F\u00D2\u00D3\u00D4\u1ED2\u1ED0\u1ED6\u1ED4\u00D5\u1E4C\u022C\u1E4E\u014C\u1E50\u1E52\u014E\u022E\u0230\u00D6\u022A\u1ECE\u0150\u01D1\u020C\u020E\u01A0\u1EDC\u1EDA\u1EE0\u1EDE\u1EE2\u1ECC\u1ED8\u01EA\u01EC\u00D8\u01FE\u0186\u019F\uA74A\uA74C]/g},
{'base':'OI','letters':/[\u01A2]/g},
{'base':'OO','letters':/[\uA74E]/g},
{'base':'OU','letters':/[\u0222]/g},
{'base':'P', 'letters':/[\u0050\u24C5\uFF30\u1E54\u1E56\u01A4\u2C63\uA750\uA752\uA754]/g},
{'base':'Q', 'letters':/[\u0051\u24C6\uFF31\uA756\uA758\u024A]/g},
{'base':'R', 'letters':/[\u0052\u24C7\uFF32\u0154\u1E58\u0158\u0210\u0212\u1E5A\u1E5C\u0156\u1E5E\u024C\u2C64\uA75A\uA7A6\uA782]/g},
{'base':'S', 'letters':/[\u0053\u24C8\uFF33\u1E9E\u015A\u1E64\u015C\u1E60\u0160\u1E66\u1E62\u1E68\u0218\u015E\u2C7E\uA7A8\uA784]/g},
{'base':'T', 'letters':/[\u0054\u24C9\uFF34\u1E6A\u0164\u1E6C\u021A\u0162\u1E70\u1E6E\u0166\u01AC\u01AE\u023E\uA786]/g},
{'base':'TZ','letters':/[\uA728]/g},
{'base':'U', 'letters':/[\u0055\u24CA\uFF35\u00D9\u00DA\u00DB\u0168\u1E78\u016A\u1E7A\u016C\u00DC\u01DB\u01D7\u01D5\u01D9\u1EE6\u016E\u0170\u01D3\u0214\u0216\u01AF\u1EEA\u1EE8\u1EEE\u1EEC\u1EF0\u1EE4\u1E72\u0172\u1E76\u1E74\u0244]/g},
{'base':'V', 'letters':/[\u0056\u24CB\uFF36\u1E7C\u1E7E\u01B2\uA75E\u0245]/g},
{'base':'VY','letters':/[\uA760]/g},
{'base':'W', 'letters':/[\u0057\u24CC\uFF37\u1E80\u1E82\u0174\u1E86\u1E84\u1E88\u2C72]/g},
{'base':'X', 'letters':/[\u0058\u24CD\uFF38\u1E8A\u1E8C]/g},
{'base':'Y', 'letters':/[\u0059\u24CE\uFF39\u1EF2\u00DD\u0176\u1EF8\u0232\u1E8E\u0178\u1EF6\u1EF4\u01B3\u024E\u1EFE]/g},
{'base':'Z', 'letters':/[\u005A\u24CF\uFF3A\u0179\u1E90\u017B\u017D\u1E92\u1E94\u01B5\u0224\u2C7F\u2C6B\uA762]/g},
{'base':'a', 'letters':/[\u0061\u24D0\uFF41\u1E9A\u00E0\u00E1\u00E2\u1EA7\u1EA5\u1EAB\u1EA9\u00E3\u0101\u0103\u1EB1\u1EAF\u1EB5\u1EB3\u0227\u01E1\u00E4\u01DF\u1EA3\u00E5\u01FB\u01CE\u0201\u0203\u1EA1\u1EAD\u1EB7\u1E01\u0105\u2C65\u0250]/g},
{'base':'aa','letters':/[\uA733]/g},
{'base':'ae','letters':/[\u00E6\u01FD\u01E3]/g},
{'base':'ao','letters':/[\uA735]/g},
{'base':'au','letters':/[\uA737]/g},
{'base':'av','letters':/[\uA739\uA73B]/g},
{'base':'ay','letters':/[\uA73D]/g},
{'base':'b', 'letters':/[\u0062\u24D1\uFF42\u1E03\u1E05\u1E07\u0180\u0183\u0253]/g},
{'base':'c', 'letters':/[\u0063\u24D2\uFF43\u0107\u0109\u010B\u010D\u00E7\u1E09\u0188\u023C\uA73F\u2184]/g},
{'base':'d', 'letters':/[\u0064\u24D3\uFF44\u1E0B\u010F\u1E0D\u1E11\u1E13\u1E0F\u0111\u018C\u0256\u0257\uA77A]/g},
{'base':'dz','letters':/[\u01F3\u01C6]/g},
{'base':'e', 'letters':/[\u0065\u24D4\uFF45\u00E8\u00E9\u00EA\u1EC1\u1EBF\u1EC5\u1EC3\u1EBD\u0113\u1E15\u1E17\u0115\u0117\u00EB\u1EBB\u011B\u0205\u0207\u1EB9\u1EC7\u0229\u1E1D\u0119\u1E19\u1E1B\u0247\u025B\u01DD]/g},
{'base':'f', 'letters':/[\u0066\u24D5\uFF46\u1E1F\u0192\uA77C]/g},
{'base':'g', 'letters':/[\u0067\u24D6\uFF47\u01F5\u011D\u1E21\u011F\u0121\u01E7\u0123\u01E5\u0260\uA7A1\u1D79\uA77F]/g},
{'base':'h', 'letters':/[\u0068\u24D7\uFF48\u0125\u1E23\u1E27\u021F\u1E25\u1E29\u1E2B\u1E96\u0127\u2C68\u2C76\u0265]/g},
{'base':'hv','letters':/[\u0195]/g},
{'base':'i', 'letters':/[\u0069\u24D8\uFF49\u00EC\u00ED\u00EE\u0129\u012B\u012D\u00EF\u1E2F\u1EC9\u01D0\u0209\u020B\u1ECB\u012F\u1E2D\u0268\u0131]/g},
{'base':'j', 'letters':/[\u006A\u24D9\uFF4A\u0135\u01F0\u0249]/g},
{'base':'k', 'letters':/[\u006B\u24DA\uFF4B\u1E31\u01E9\u1E33\u0137\u1E35\u0199\u2C6A\uA741\uA743\uA745\uA7A3]/g},
{'base':'l', 'letters':/[\u006C\u24DB\uFF4C\u0140\u013A\u013E\u1E37\u1E39\u013C\u1E3D\u1E3B\u017F\u0142\u019A\u026B\u2C61\uA749\uA781\uA747]/g},
{'base':'lj','letters':/[\u01C9]/g},
{'base':'m', 'letters':/[\u006D\u24DC\uFF4D\u1E3F\u1E41\u1E43\u0271\u026F]/g},
{'base':'n', 'letters':/[\u006E\u24DD\uFF4E\u01F9\u0144\u00F1\u1E45\u0148\u1E47\u0146\u1E4B\u1E49\u019E\u0272\u0149\uA791\uA7A5]/g},
{'base':'nj','letters':/[\u01CC]/g},
{'base':'o', 'letters':/[\u006F\u24DE\uFF4F\u00F2\u00F3\u00F4\u1ED3\u1ED1\u1ED7\u1ED5\u00F5\u1E4D\u022D\u1E4F\u014D\u1E51\u1E53\u014F\u022F\u0231\u00F6\u022B\u1ECF\u0151\u01D2\u020D\u020F\u01A1\u1EDD\u1EDB\u1EE1\u1EDF\u1EE3\u1ECD\u1ED9\u01EB\u01ED\u00F8\u01FF\u0254\uA74B\uA74D\u0275]/g},
{'base':'oi','letters':/[\u01A3]/g},
{'base':'ou','letters':/[\u0223]/g},
{'base':'oo','letters':/[\uA74F]/g},
{'base':'p','letters':/[\u0070\u24DF\uFF50\u1E55\u1E57\u01A5\u1D7D\uA751\uA753\uA755]/g},
{'base':'q','letters':/[\u0071\u24E0\uFF51\u024B\uA757\uA759]/g},
{'base':'r','letters':/[\u0072\u24E1\uFF52\u0155\u1E59\u0159\u0211\u0213\u1E5B\u1E5D\u0157\u1E5F\u024D\u027D\uA75B\uA7A7\uA783]/g},
{'base':'s','letters':/[\u0073\u24E2\uFF53\u00DF\u015B\u1E65\u015D\u1E61\u0161\u1E67\u1E63\u1E69\u0219\u015F\u023F\uA7A9\uA785\u1E9B]/g},
{'base':'t','letters':/[\u0074\u24E3\uFF54\u1E6B\u1E97\u0165\u1E6D\u021B\u0163\u1E71\u1E6F\u0167\u01AD\u0288\u2C66\uA787]/g},
{'base':'tz','letters':/[\uA729]/g},
{'base':'u','letters':/[\u0075\u24E4\uFF55\u00F9\u00FA\u00FB\u0169\u1E79\u016B\u1E7B\u016D\u00FC\u01DC\u01D8\u01D6\u01DA\u1EE7\u016F\u0171\u01D4\u0215\u0217\u01B0\u1EEB\u1EE9\u1EEF\u1EED\u1EF1\u1EE5\u1E73\u0173\u1E77\u1E75\u0289]/g},
{'base':'v','letters':/[\u0076\u24E5\uFF56\u1E7D\u1E7F\u028B\uA75F\u028C]/g},
{'base':'vy','letters':/[\uA761]/g},
{'base':'w','letters':/[\u0077\u24E6\uFF57\u1E81\u1E83\u0175\u1E87\u1E85\u1E98\u1E89\u2C73]/g},
{'base':'x','letters':/[\u0078\u24E7\uFF58\u1E8B\u1E8D]/g},
{'base':'y','letters':/[\u0079\u24E8\uFF59\u1EF3\u00FD\u0177\u1EF9\u0233\u1E8F\u00FF\u1EF7\u1E99\u1EF5\u01B4\u024F\u1EFF]/g},
{'base':'z','letters':/[\u007A\u24E9\uFF5A\u017A\u1E91\u017C\u017E\u1E93\u1E95\u01B6\u0225\u0240\u2C6C\uA763]/g}
];
var changes;
function removeDiacritics (str) {
if(!changes) {
changes = defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap;
}
for(var i=0; i<changes.length; i++) {
str = str.replace(changes[i].letters, changes[i].base);
}
return str;
}
My take, for removing all accents and special characters. I've mixed Lewis Diamond's elegant accent removal method with the community wiki's fast character replace for the rest of the characters. The result is an Ascii string.
function convertToAscii(string) {
const unicodeToAsciiMap = {'Ⱥ':'A','Æ':'AE','Ꜻ':'AV','Ɓ':'B','Ƀ':'B','Ƃ':'B','Ƈ':'C','Ȼ':'C','Ɗ':'D','Dz':'D','Dž':'D','Đ':'D','Ƌ':'D','DŽ':'DZ','Ɇ':'E','Ꝫ':'ET','Ƒ':'F','Ɠ':'G','Ǥ':'G','Ⱨ':'H','Ħ':'H','Ɨ':'I','Ꝺ':'D','Ꝼ':'F','Ᵹ':'G','Ꞃ':'R','Ꞅ':'S','Ꞇ':'T','Ꝭ':'IS','Ɉ':'J','Ⱪ':'K','Ꝃ':'K','Ƙ':'K','Ꝁ':'K','Ꝅ':'K','Ƚ':'L','Ⱡ':'L','Ꝉ':'L','Ŀ':'L','Ɫ':'L','Lj':'L','Ł':'L','Ɱ':'M','Ɲ':'N','Ƞ':'N','Nj':'N','Ꝋ':'O','Ꝍ':'O','Ɵ':'O','Ø':'O','Ƣ':'OI','Ɛ':'E','Ɔ':'O','Ȣ':'OU','Ꝓ':'P','Ƥ':'P','Ꝕ':'P','Ᵽ':'P','Ꝑ':'P','Ꝙ':'Q','Ꝗ':'Q','Ɍ':'R','Ɽ':'R','Ꜿ':'C','Ǝ':'E','Ⱦ':'T','Ƭ':'T','Ʈ':'T','Ŧ':'T','Ɐ':'A','Ꞁ':'L','Ɯ':'M','Ʌ':'V','Ꝟ':'V','Ʋ':'V','Ⱳ':'W','Ƴ':'Y','Ỿ':'Y','Ɏ':'Y','Ⱬ':'Z','Ȥ':'Z','Ƶ':'Z','Œ':'OE','ᴀ':'A','ᴁ':'AE','ʙ':'B','ᴃ':'B','ᴄ':'C','ᴅ':'D','ᴇ':'E','ꜰ':'F','ɢ':'G','ʛ':'G','ʜ':'H','ɪ':'I','ʁ':'R','ᴊ':'J','ᴋ':'K','ʟ':'L','ᴌ':'L','ᴍ':'M','ɴ':'N','ᴏ':'O','ɶ':'OE','ᴐ':'O','ᴕ':'OU','ᴘ':'P','ʀ':'R','ᴎ':'N','ᴙ':'R','ꜱ':'S','ᴛ':'T','ⱻ':'E','ᴚ':'R','ᴜ':'U','ᴠ':'V','ᴡ':'W','ʏ':'Y','ᴢ':'Z','ᶏ':'a','ẚ':'a','ⱥ':'a','æ':'ae','ꜻ':'av','ɓ':'b','ᵬ':'b','ᶀ':'b','ƀ':'b','ƃ':'b','ɵ':'o','ɕ':'c','ƈ':'c','ȼ':'c','ȡ':'d','ɗ':'d','ᶑ':'d','ᵭ':'d','ᶁ':'d','đ':'d','ɖ':'d','ƌ':'d','ı':'i','ȷ':'j','ɟ':'j','ʄ':'j','dž':'dz','ⱸ':'e','ᶒ':'e','ɇ':'e','ꝫ':'et','ƒ':'f','ᵮ':'f','ᶂ':'f','ɠ':'g','ᶃ':'g','ǥ':'g','ⱨ':'h','ɦ':'h','ħ':'h','ƕ':'hv','ᶖ':'i','ɨ':'i','ꝺ':'d','ꝼ':'f','ᵹ':'g','ꞃ':'r','ꞅ':'s','ꞇ':'t','ꝭ':'is','ʝ':'j','ɉ':'j','ⱪ':'k','ꝃ':'k','ƙ':'k','ᶄ':'k','ꝁ':'k','ꝅ':'k','ƚ':'l','ɬ':'l','ȴ':'l','ⱡ':'l','ꝉ':'l','ŀ':'l','ɫ':'l','ᶅ':'l','ɭ':'l','ł':'l','ſ':'s','ẜ':'s','ẝ':'s','ɱ':'m','ᵯ':'m','ᶆ':'m','ȵ':'n','ɲ':'n','ƞ':'n','ᵰ':'n','ᶇ':'n','ɳ':'n','ꝋ':'o','ꝍ':'o','ⱺ':'o','ø':'o','ƣ':'oi','ɛ':'e','ᶓ':'e','ɔ':'o','ᶗ':'o','ȣ':'ou','ꝓ':'p','ƥ':'p','ᵱ':'p','ᶈ':'p','ꝕ':'p','ᵽ':'p','ꝑ':'p','ꝙ':'q','ʠ':'q','ɋ':'q','ꝗ':'q','ɾ':'r','ᵳ':'r','ɼ':'r','ᵲ':'r','ᶉ':'r','ɍ':'r','ɽ':'r','ↄ':'c','ꜿ':'c','ɘ':'e','ɿ':'r','ʂ':'s','ᵴ':'s','ᶊ':'s','ȿ':'s','ɡ':'g','ᴑ':'o','ᴓ':'o','ᴝ':'u','ȶ':'t','ⱦ':'t','ƭ':'t','ᵵ':'t','ƫ':'t','ʈ':'t','ŧ':'t','ᵺ':'th','ɐ':'a','ᴂ':'ae','ǝ':'e','ᵷ':'g','ɥ':'h','ʮ':'h','ʯ':'h','ᴉ':'i','ʞ':'k','ꞁ':'l','ɯ':'m','ɰ':'m','ᴔ':'oe','ɹ':'r','ɻ':'r','ɺ':'r','ⱹ':'r','ʇ':'t','ʌ':'v','ʍ':'w','ʎ':'y','ᶙ':'u','ᵫ':'ue','ꝸ':'um','ⱴ':'v','ꝟ':'v','ʋ':'v','ᶌ':'v','ⱱ':'v','ⱳ':'w','ᶍ':'x','ƴ':'y','ỿ':'y','ɏ':'y','ʑ':'z','ⱬ':'z','ȥ':'z','ᵶ':'z','ᶎ':'z','ʐ':'z','ƶ':'z','ɀ':'z','œ':'oe','ₓ':'x'};
const stringWithoutAccents = string.normalize("NFD").replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '');
return stringWithoutAccents.replace(/[^\u0000-\u007E]/g, character => unicodeToAsciiMap[character] || '');
}
thanks to all
I use this version and say why (because I misses those explanations at the begining, so I try to help the next reader if he is as dull as me ...)
Remark : I wanted an efficient solution, so :
My version is :
(there is no new technical trick inside it, only some selected ones + explanations why)
makeSortString = (function() {
var translate_re = /[¹²³áàâãäåaaaÀÁÂÃÄÅAAAÆccç©CCÇÐÐèéê?ëeeeeeÈÊË?EEEEE€gGiìíîïìiiiÌÍÎÏ?ÌIIIlLnnñNNÑòóôõöoooøÒÓÔÕÖOOOØŒr®Ršs?ߊS?ùúûüuuuuÙÚÛÜUUUUýÿÝŸžzzŽZZ]/g;
var translate = {
"¹":"1","²":"2","³":"3","á":"a","à":"a","â":"a","ã":"a","ä":"a","å":"a","a":"a","a":"a","a":"a","À":"a","Á":"a","Â":"a","Ã":"a","Ä":"a","Å":"a","A":"a","A":"a",
"A":"a","Æ":"a","c":"c","c":"c","ç":"c","©":"c","C":"c","C":"c","Ç":"c","Ð":"d","Ð":"d","è":"e","é":"e","ê":"e","?":"e","ë":"e","e":"e","e":"e","e":"e","e":"e",
"e":"e","È":"e","Ê":"e","Ë":"e","?":"e","E":"e","E":"e","E":"e","E":"e","E":"e","€":"e","g":"g","G":"g","i":"i","ì":"i","í":"i","î":"i","ï":"i","ì":"i","i":"i",
"i":"i","i":"i","Ì":"i","Í":"i","Î":"i","Ï":"i","?":"i","Ì":"i","I":"i","I":"i","I":"i","l":"l","L":"l","n":"n","n":"n","ñ":"n","N":"n","N":"n","Ñ":"n","ò":"o",
"ó":"o","ô":"o","õ":"o","ö":"o","o":"o","o":"o","o":"o","ø":"o","Ò":"o","Ó":"o","Ô":"o","Õ":"o","Ö":"o","O":"o","O":"o","O":"o","Ø":"o","Œ":"o","r":"r","®":"r",
"R":"r","š":"s","s":"s","?":"s","ß":"s","Š":"s","S":"s","?":"s","ù":"u","ú":"u","û":"u","ü":"u","u":"u","u":"u","u":"u","u":"u","Ù":"u","Ú":"u","Û":"u","Ü":"u",
"U":"u","U":"u","U":"u","U":"u","ý":"y","ÿ":"y","Ý":"y","Ÿ":"y","ž":"z","z":"z","z":"z","Ž":"z","Z":"z","Z":"z"
};
return function(s) {
return(s.replace(translate_re, function(match){return translate[match];}) );
}
})();
and I use it this way :
var without_accents = makeSortString("wïthêüÄTrèsBïgüeAk100t");
// I let you guess the result,
// no I was kidding you : I give you the result : witheuatresbigueak100t
Comments :
If you're also interesting in converting Greek characters to Latin, I've included the Greek alhpabet along with some digraphs; it can also be used for a form of combined orthographic and phonetic Greeklish.
Also, this version accepts optional options with:
override
Object {replace:string -> search:regex, ...}ignore
Array<string | regex> | stringconst defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap = {
'1' : /[\u00B9]/g,
'2' : /[\u00B2]/g,
'3' : /[\u00B3]/g,
'AU': /\u0391\u03A5|\u0386\u03A5/g,
'EU': /\u0395\u03A5|\u0388\u03A5/g,
'OU': /\u039F\u03A5|\u039F\u038E/g,
'au': /\u03B1\u03C5|\u03AC\u03C5/g,
'eu': /\u03B5\u03C5|\u03AD\u03C5/g,
'ou': /\u03BF\u03C5|\u03BF\u03CD/g,
'Au': /\u0391\u03C5|\u0386\u03C5/g,
'Eu': /\u0395\u03C5|\u0388\u03C5/g,
'Ou': /\u039F\u03C5|\u039F\u03CD/g,
'A' : /[\u0391\u0386\u0041\u24B6\uFF21\u00C0\u00C1\u00C2\u1EA6\u1EA4\u1EAA\u1EA8\u00C3\u0100\u0102\u1EB0\u1EAE\u1EB4\u1EB2\u0226\u01E0\u00C4\u01DE\u1EA2\u00C5\u01FA\u01CD\u0200\u0202\u1EA0\u1EAC\u1EB6\u1E00\u0104\u023A\u2C6F]/g,
'AA': /[\uA732]/g,
'AE': /[\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2]/g,
'AF': /[\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2]/g,
'AO': /[\uA734]/g,
'AU': /[\uA736]/g,
'AV': /[\uA738\uA73A]/g,
'AY': /[\uA73C]/g,
'B' : /[\u0392\u0042\u24B7\uFF22\u1E02\u1E04\u1E06\u0243\u0182\u0181]/g,
'C' : /[\u0043\u24B8\uFF23\u0106\u0108\u010A\u010C\u00C7\u1E08\u0187\u023B\uA73E]/g,
'D' : /[\u00D0\u0394\u0044\u24B9\uFF24\u1E0A\u010E\u1E0C\u1E10\u1E12\u1E0E\u0110\u018B\u018A\u0189\uA779]/g,
'DZ': /[\u01F1\u01C4]/g,
'Dz': /[\u01F2\u01C5]/g,
'E' : /[\u0395\u0388\u0045\u24BA\uFF25\u00C8\u00C9\u00CA\u1EC0\u1EBE\u1EC4\u1EC2\u1EBC\u0112\u1E14\u1E16\u0114\u0116\u00CB\u1EBA\u011A\u0204\u0206\u1EB8\u1EC6\u0228\u1E1C\u0118\u1E18\u1E1A\u0190\u018E]/g,
'F' : /[\u03A6\u0046\u24BB\uFF26\u1E1E\u0191\uA77B]/g,
'G' : /[\u0393\u0047\u24BC\uFF27\u01F4\u011C\u1E20\u011E\u0120\u01E6\u0122\u01E4\u0193\uA7A0\uA77D\uA77E]/g,
'H' : /[\u0397\u0389\u0048\u24BD\uFF28\u0124\u1E22\u1E26\u021E\u1E24\u1E28\u1E2A\u0126\u2C67\u2C75\uA78D]/g,
'I' : /[\u0399\u038A\u03AA\u0049\u24BE\uFF29\u00CC\u00CD\u00CE\u0128\u012A\u012C\u0130\u00CF\u1E2E\u1EC8\u01CF\u0208\u020A\u1ECA\u012E\u1E2C\u0197]/g,
'J' : /[\u004A\u24BF\uFF2A\u0134\u0248]/g,
'K' : /[\u039A\u004B\u24C0\uFF2B\u1E30\u01E8\u1E32\u0136\u1E34\u0198\u2C69\uA740\uA742\uA744\uA7A2]/g,
'KS': /[\u039E]/g,
'L' : /[\u039B\u004C\u24C1\uFF2C\u013F\u0139\u013D\u1E36\u1E38\u013B\u1E3C\u1E3A\u0141\u023D\u2C62\u2C60\uA748\uA746\uA780]/g,
'LJ': /[\u01C7]/g,
'Lj': /[\u01C8]/g,
'M' : /[\u039C\u004D\u24C2\uFF2D\u1E3E\u1E40\u1E42\u2C6E\u019C]/g,
'N' : /[\u039D\u004E\u24C3\uFF2E\u01F8\u0143\u00D1\u1E44\u0147\u1E46\u0145\u1E4A\u1E48\u0220\u019D\uA790\uA7A4]/g,
'NJ': /[\u01CA]/g,
'Nj': /[\u01CB]/g,
'O' : /[\u038C\u039F\u03A9\u038F\u004F\u24C4\uFF2F\u00D2\u00D3\u00D4\u1ED2\u1ED0\u1ED6\u1ED4\u00D5\u1E4C\u022C\u1E4E\u014C\u1E50\u1E52\u014E\u022E\u0230\u00D6\u022A\u1ECE\u0150\u01D1\u020C\u020E\u01A0\u1EDC\u1EDA\u1EE0\u1EDE\u1EE2\u1ECC\u1ED8\u01EA\u01EC\u00D8\u01FE\u0186\u019F\uA74A\uA74C]/g,
'OE': /[\u0152]/g,
'OI': /[\u01A2]/g,
'OO': /[\uA74E]/g,
'OU': /[\u0222]/g,
'P' : /[\u03A0\u0050\u24C5\uFF30\u1E54\u1E56\u01A4\u2C63\uA750\uA752\uA754]/g,
'PS': /[\u03A8]/g,
'Q' : /[\u0051\u24C6\uFF31\uA756\uA758\u024A]/g,
'R' : /[\u03A1\u0052\u24C7\uFF32\u0154\u1E58\u0158\u0210\u0212\u1E5A\u1E5C\u0156\u1E5E\u024C\u2C64\uA75A\uA7A6\uA782]/g,
'S' : /[\u03A3\u0053\u24C8\uFF33\u1E9E\u015A\u1E64\u015C\u1E60\u0160\u1E66\u1E62\u1E68\u0218\u015E\u2C7E\uA7A8\uA784]/g,
'T' : /[\u03A4\u0054\u24C9\uFF34\u1E6A\u0164\u1E6C\u021A\u0162\u1E70\u1E6E\u0166\u01AC\u01AE\u023E\uA786]/g,
'TZ': /[\uA728]/g,
'TH': /[\u0398]/g,
'U' : /[\u0055\u24CA\uFF35\u00D9\u00DA\u00DB\u0168\u1E78\u016A\u1E7A\u016C\u00DC\u01DB\u01D7\u01D5\u01D9\u1EE6\u016E\u0170\u01D3\u0214\u0216\u01AF\u1EEA\u1EE8\u1EEE\u1EEC\u1EF0\u1EE4\u1E72\u0172\u1E76\u1E74\u0244]/g,
'V' : /[\u0056\u24CB\uFF36\u1E7C\u1E7E\u01B2\uA75E\u0245]/g,
'VY': /[\uA760]/g,
'W' : /[\u0057\u24CC\uFF37\u1E80\u1E82\u0174\u1E86\u1E84\u1E88\u2C72]/g,
'X' : /[\u03A7\u0058\u24CD\uFF38\u1E8A\u1E8C]/g,
'Y' : /[\u03A5\u038E\u03AB\u0059\u24CE\uFF39\u1EF2\u00DD\u0176\u1EF8\u0232\u1E8E\u0178\u1EF6\u1EF4\u01B3\u024E\u1EFE]/g,
'Z' : /[\u0396\u005A\u24CF\uFF3A\u0179\u1E90\u017B\u017D\u1E92\u1E94\u01B5\u0224\u2C7F\u2C6B\uA762]/g,
'a' : /[\u03B1\u03AC\u0061\u24D0\uFF41\u1E9A\u00E0\u00E1\u00E2\u1EA7\u1EA5\u1EAB\u1EA9\u00E3\u0101\u0103\u1EB1\u1EAF\u1EB5\u1EB3\u0227\u01E1\u00E4\u01DF\u1EA3\u00E5\u01FB\u01CE\u0201\u0203\u1EA1\u1EAD\u1EB7\u1E01\u0105\u2C65\u0250]/g,
'aa': /[\uA733]/g,
'ae': /[\u00E6\u01FD\u01E3]/g,
'ao': /[\uA735]/g,
'au': /[\uA737]/g,
'av': /[\uA739\uA73B]/g,
'ay': /[\uA73D]/g,
'b' : /[\u03B2\u0062\u24D1\uFF42\u1E03\u1E05\u1E07\u0180\u0183\u0253]/g,
'c' : /[\u00A9\u0063\u24D2\uFF43\u0107\u0109\u010B\u010D\u00E7\u1E09\u0188\u023C\uA73F\u2184]/g,
'd' : /[\u03B4\u0064\u24D3\uFF44\u1E0B\u010F\u1E0D\u1E11\u1E13\u1E0F\u0111\u018C\u0256\u0257\uA77A]/g,
'dz': /[\u01F3\u01C6]/g,
'e' : /[\u20AC\u00F0\u03B5\u03AD\u0065\u24D4\uFF45\u00E8\u00E9\u00EA\u1EC1\u1EBF\u1EC5\u1EC3\u1EBD\u0113\u1E15\u1E17\u0115\u0117\u00EB\u1EBB\u011B\u0205\u0207\u1EB9\u1EC7\u0229\u1E1D\u0119\u1E19\u1E1B\u0247\u025B\u01DD]/g,
'f' : /[\u03C6\u0066\u24D5\uFF46\u1E1F\u0192\uA77C]/g,
'g' : /[\u03B3\u0067\u24D6\uFF47\u01F5\u011D\u1E21\u011F\u0121\u01E7\u0123\u01E5\u0260\uA7A1\u1D79\uA77F]/g,
'h' : /[\u0068\u24D7\uFF48\u0125\u1E23\u1E27\u021F\u1E25\u1E29\u1E2B\u1E96\u0127\u2C68\u2C76\u0265]/g,
'hv': /[\u0195]/g,
'i' : /[\u03B9\u03AF\u03CA\u0390\u03B7\u03AE\u0069\u24D8\uFF49\u00EC\u00ED\u00EE\u0129\u012B\u012D\u00EF\u1E2F\u1EC9\u01D0\u0209\u020B\u1ECB\u012F\u1E2D\u0268\u0131]/g,
'j' : /[\u006A\u24D9\uFF4A\u0135\u01F0\u0249]/g,
'k' : /[\u03BA\u006B\u24DA\uFF4B\u1E31\u01E9\u1E33\u0137\u1E35\u0199\u2C6A\uA741\uA743\uA745\uA7A3]/g,
'ks': /[\u03BE]/g,
'l' : /[\u03BB\u006C\u24DB\uFF4C\u0140\u013A\u013E\u1E37\u1E39\u013C\u1E3D\u1E3B\u017F\u0142\u019A\u026B\u2C61\uA749\uA781\uA747]/g,
'lj': /[\u01C9]/g,
'm' : /[\u03BC\u006D\u24DC\uFF4D\u1E3F\u1E41\u1E43\u0271\u026F]/g,
'n' : /[\u03BD\u006E\u24DD\uFF4E\u01F9\u0144\u00F1\u1E45\u0148\u1E47\u0146\u1E4B\u1E49\u019E\u0272\u0149\uA791\uA7A5]/g,
'nj': /[\u01CC]/g,
'o' : /[\u03C9\u03CE\u03CC\u03BF\u006F\u24DE\uFF4F\u00F2\u00F3\u00F4\u1ED3\u1ED1\u1ED7\u1ED5\u00F5\u1E4D\u022D\u1E4F\u014D\u1E51\u1E53\u014F\u022F\u0231\u00F6\u022B\u1ECF\u0151\u01D2\u020D\u020F\u01A1\u1EDD\u1EDB\u1EE1\u1EDF\u1EE3\u1ECD\u1ED9\u01EB\u01ED\u00F8\u01FF\u0254\uA74B\uA74D\u0275]/g,
'oe': /[\u0153]/g,
'oi': /[\u01A3]/g,
'ou': /[\u0223]/g,
'oo': /[\uA74F]/g,
'p' : /[\u03C0\u0070\u24DF\uFF50\u1E55\u1E57\u01A5\u1D7D\uA751\uA753\uA755]/g,
'ps': /[\u03C8]/g,
'q' : /[\u0071\u24E0\uFF51\u024B\uA757\uA759]/g,
'r' : /[\u00AE\u03C1\u0072\u24E1\uFF52\u0155\u1E59\u0159\u0211\u0213\u1E5B\u1E5D\u0157\u1E5F\u024D\u027D\uA75B\uA7A7\uA783]/g,
's' : /[\u03C2\u03C3\u0073\u24E2\uFF53\u00DF\u015B\u1E65\u015D\u1E61\u0161\u1E67\u1E63\u1E69\u0219\u015F\u023F\uA7A9\uA785\u1E9B]/g,
't' : /[\u03C4\u0074\u24E3\uFF54\u1E6B\u1E97\u0165\u1E6D\u021B\u0163\u1E71\u1E6F\u0167\u01AD\u0288\u2C66\uA787]/g,
'tz': /[\uA729]/g,
'th': /[\u03B8]/g,
'u' : /[\u00B5\u0075\u24E4\uFF55\u00F9\u00FA\u00FB\u0169\u1E79\u016B\u1E7B\u016D\u00FC\u01DC\u01D8\u01D6\u01DA\u1EE7\u016F\u0171\u01D4\u0215\u0217\u01B0\u1EEB\u1EE9\u1EEF\u1EED\u1EF1\u1EE5\u1E73\u0173\u1E77\u1E75\u0289]/g,
'v' : /[\u0076\u24E5\uFF56\u1E7D\u1E7F\u028B\uA75F\u028C]/g,
'vy': /[\uA761]/g,
'w' : /[\u0077\u24E6\uFF57\u1E81\u1E83\u0175\u1E87\u1E85\u1E98\u1E89\u2C73]/g,
'x' : /[\u03C7\u0078\u24E7\uFF58\u1E8B\u1E8D]/g,
'y' : /[\u03C5\u03CD\u03CB\u0079\u24E8\uFF59\u1EF3\u00FD\u0177\u1EF9\u0233\u1E8F\u00FF\u1EF7\u1E99\u1EF5\u01B4\u024F\u1EFF]/g,
'z' : /[\u03B6\u007A\u24E9\uFF5A\u017A\u1E91\u017C\u017E\u1E93\u1E95\u01B6\u0225\u0240\u2C6C\uA763]/g,
};
function removeAccent(str, {
override,
ignore
} = {}) {
// Function to convert strings to unicode char code escape strings
const toHex = s => s.split('').map(c => `\\u${c.charCodeAt().toString(16).padStart(4, "0")}`).join('');
const useToIgnore = ignore && typeof(ignore) === 'string' ? ignore.split('') : ignore;
// For every ignore item, replace it with {\uXXXX} so we'll get it back when we finish
let useStr = useToIgnore ?
useToIgnore.reduce((acc, cur) =>
acc.replace(cur, m => `{${toHex(m)}}`), str) :
str;
// Loop through overrides first
if (override) {
for (const base in override) {
useStr = useStr.replace(override[base], base);
}
}
// Loop through the defaults
for (const base in defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap) {
useStr = useStr.replace(defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap[base], base);
}
// Restore ignored mappings
return useToIgnore ?
useStr.replace(
/\{?(\\u([0-9a-f]*))\}?/g,
(m, g1, hex) => String.fromCharCode(parseInt(hex, 16))
) :
useStr;
}
// Helper function to convert and print the subjects
RegExp.prototype.toJSON = RegExp.prototype.toString;
function print([str, options]) {
const subjects = document.getElementById('subjects');
const result = document.createElement('div');
result.className = 'result';
if (options) {
const opts = document.createElement('div');
opts.textContent = JSON.stringify(options) + "\n";
result.appendChild(opts);
}
const texts = document.createTextNode(`› ${str}\n‹ ${removeAccent(str, options)}\n`);
result.appendChild(texts);
subjects.appendChild(result);
}
// The subjects with some options
const subjects = [
["Mon café est plein de caféïne"],
["Τι αξία έχει ο γάμος στην αγάπη μας μπροστά, είναι κι άλλοι παντρεμένοι κι όμως ζούνε χωριστά. - Ζαμπέτας"],
["ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÒÓÔÕÕÖØòóôõöøÈÉÊËèéêëðÇçÐÌÍÎÏìíîïÙÚÛÜ ùúûüÑñŠšŸÿýŽž"],
["¹²³áàâãäåaaaÀÁÂÃÄÅAAAÆccç©CCÇÐÐèéêëeeeeeÈÊËEEEEE€g GiìíîïìiiiÌÍÎÏÌIIIlLnnñNNÑòóôõöoooøÒÓÔÕÖOOOØŒr®RšsߊS ùúûüuuuuÙÚÛÜUUUUýÿÝŸžzzŽZZ", {
ignore: ['€', 'Ð', 'Æ']
}],
[
"Ο λούτσος του Αυγούστου", {
ignore: [/\u03BF\u03C5|\u03BF\u03CD/g]
}],
["Η χθεσινή της Κυριακής"],
["Η χθεσινή της Κυριακής", {
override: { 'H': /[ΗΉ]/g, 'h': /[ηή]/g }
}]
];
// Print all subjects
subjects.forEach(print);
.result {
font-family: monospace;
white-space: pre-wrap;
margin-top: 10px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
border-bottom: 1px dashed lightgrey;
}
.result:last-child {
border:0;
}
.result > div {
color: blue;
margin-bottom: 4px;
}
<div id="subjects"></div>