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Created May 14, 2017 00:39
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Converts Latin special characters (á, ã, â, ç, etc) (found in languages like Portuguese and Spanish) into corresponding ASCII characters. Useful for handling substring searching. [pt-br: Converte caracteres latinos (á, ã, â, ç, etc) (encontrados em idiomas como Português e Espanhol) em caracteres ASCII correspondentes. Útil para lidar com busca …
function latinToASCII(input) {
let mapFrom = 'ãàáâäéêèëíìîïóòõôöúùûüçÃÀÁÂÄÉÊÈËÍÌÎÏÓÒÕÔÖÚÙÛÜÇ'.split('');
let mapTo = 'aaaaaeeeeiiiiooooouuuucAAAAAEEEEIIIIOOOOOUUUUC'.split('');
return input
.split('')
.map((char) => {
let index = mapFrom.indexOf(char);
if(index === -1) return char;
return mapTo[index];
})
.join('');
}
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