gistfile1.rb

# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-

module Textual

  def to_ascii
   foo = self.downcase.strip
   foo.gsub!(/[ĄÀ�?ÂÃâäàãáäå�?ăąǎǟǡǻ�?ȃȧẵặ]/,'a')
   foo.gsub!(/[Ęëêéèẽēĕėẻȅȇẹȩęḙḛ�?ếễểḕḗệ�?]/,'e')
   foo.gsub!(/[Ì�?ÎĨ�?iìíîĩīĭïỉ�?ịįȉȋḭɨḯ]/,'i')
   foo.gsub!(/[ÒÓÔÕÖòóôõ�?�?ȯö�?őǒ�?�?ơǫ�?ɵøồốỗổȱȫȭ�?�?ṑṓ�?ớỡởợǭộǿ]/,'o')
   foo.gsub!(/[ÙÚÛŨÜùúûũūŭüủůűǔȕȗưụṳųṷṵṹṻǖǜǘǖǚừứữửự]/,'u')
   foo.gsub!(/[ỳýŷỹȳ�?ÿỷẙƴỵ]/,'y')
   foo.gsub!(/[œ]/,'oe')
   foo.gsub!(/[ÆǼǢæ]/,'ae')
   foo.gsub!(/[ñǹńŃ]/,'n')
   foo.gsub!(/[ÇçćĆ]/,'c')
   foo.gsub!(/[ß]/,'ss')
   foo.gsub!(/[œ]/,'oe')
   foo.gsub!(/[ij]/,'ij')
   foo.gsub!(/[�?łŁ]/,'l')
   foo.gsub!(/[śŚ]/,'s')
   foo.gsub!(/[źżŹŻ]/,'z')
   foo.sub!(/[\s\'\"\\\/\?\.\=\+\&\%]$/,'')
   foo.gsub!(/[\s\'\"\\\/\?\.\=\+\&\%]/,'_')
   foo.gsub!(/_+/,'_')
   foo
  end

end

class String
  include Textual
end