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Replace all VNese letters with the corresponding English accents and remove all special characters (`!@#$%^&*()+=)
const toPlainEnglish = str => {
str = str.replace(/à|á|ạ|ả|ã|â|ầ|ấ|ậ|ẩ|ẫ|ă|ằ|ắ|ặ|ẳ|ẵ/g, "a")
str = str.replace(/è|é|ẹ|ẻ|ẽ|ê|ề|ế|ệ|ể|ễ/g, "e")
str = str.replace(/ì|í|ị|ỉ|ĩ/g, "i")
str = str.replace(/ò|ó|ọ|ỏ|õ|ô|ồ|ố|ộ|ổ|ỗ|ơ|ờ|ớ|ợ|ở|ỡ/g, "o")
str = str.replace(/ù|ú|ụ|ủ|ũ|ư|ừ|ứ|ự|ử|ữ/g, "u")
str = str.replace(/ỳ|ý|ỵ|ỷ|ỹ/g, "y")
str = str.replace(/đ/g, "d")
str = str.replace(/À|Á|Ạ|Ả|Ã|Â|Ầ|Ấ|Ậ|Ẩ|Ẫ|Ă|Ằ|Ắ|Ặ|Ẳ|Ẵ/g, "A")
str = str.replace(/È|É|Ẹ|Ẻ|Ẽ|Ê|Ề|Ế|Ệ|Ể|Ễ/g, "E")
str = str.replace(/Ì|Í|Ị|Ỉ|Ĩ/g, "I")
str = str.replace(/Ò|Ó|Ọ|Ỏ|Õ|Ô|Ồ|Ố|Ộ|Ổ|Ỗ|Ơ|Ờ|Ớ|Ợ|Ở|Ỡ/g, "O")
str = str.replace(/Ù|Ú|Ụ|Ủ|Ũ|Ư|Ừ|Ứ|Ự|Ử|Ữ/g, "U")
str = str.replace(/Ỳ|Ý|Ỵ|Ỷ|Ỹ/g, "Y")
str = str.replace(/Đ/g, "D")
// Remove special chars
str = str.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 \s]/g, "")
return str
}
const text = "abcxyz123456 Huỳnh Tuấn Anh !@#~~%%^&*()_)_+=-6969"
console.log(toPlainEnglish(text)) // Expected: "abcxyz123456 Huynh Tuan Anh 6969"
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