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  | function string_to_slug (str) { | |
| str = str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim | |
| str = str.toLowerCase(); | |
| // remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc | |
| var from = "àáäâèéëêìíïîòóöôùúüûñç·/_,:;"; | |
| var to = "aaaaeeeeiiiioooouuuunc------"; | |
| for (var i=0, l=from.length ; i<l ; i++) { | |
| str = str.replace(new RegExp(from.charAt(i), 'g'), to.charAt(i)); | |
| } | |
| str = str.replace(/[^a-z0-9 -]/g, '') // remove invalid chars | |
| .replace(/\s+/g, '-') // collapse whitespace and replace by - | |
| .replace(/-+/g, '-'); // collapse dashes | |
| return str; | |
| } | 
  
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