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// A simple version of the transliterate method which makes replacements
// but does not handle common edge cases.
const simpleTransliterate = (string = '', substitutions = {}) => {
  
  // save the string to a new variable for readability
  let str = string;
  
  // get the list of substitutions
  Object.entries(substitutions)
  

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// An intermediate transliteration function that handles substrings
// but does not handle other edge cases
const sortedTransliterate = (string = '', substitutions = {}) => {
  
  // save the string to a new variable for readability
  let str = string;
  
  // get the list of substitutions
  Object.entries(substitutions)
  

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/**
 * A unidirectional transliteration algorithm which makes a set of substitutions on a string, and handles common edge cases.
 * @param  {String} [string='']        The String to transliterate
 * @param  {Object} [substitutions={}] The set of substitutions to make on the String. Each key should be the character(s) to replace, and its value should be the character(s) to replace it with.
 * @return {String}                    Returns a new String with the substitutions made
*/
const transliterate = (string = '', substitutions = {}) => {
  
  // save the string to a new variable for readability
  let str = string;

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