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class String
  # Convert diacritics chars to their non-diacritic equivalents.
  #
  # Works for latin languages only.
  #
  # Returns a copy of the string with diacritics removed.
  def accent_buster
    self.tr('áéíóúâêîôûäëïöüãõñçÁÉÍÓÚÂÊÎÔÛÄËÏÖÜÃÕÑÇ', 'aeiouaeiouaeiouaoncAEIOUAEIOUAEIOUAONC')
  end

  # Convert diacritics chars to their non-diacritic equivalents.
  #
  # Works for latin languages only.
  #
  # Convert the string in place.
  #
  # Returns the string or nil if no changes were made.
  def accent_buster!
    self.tr!('áéíóúâêîôûäëïöüãõñçÁÉÍÓÚÂÊÎÔÛÄËÏÖÜÃÕÑÇ', 'aeiouaeiouaeiouaoncAEIOUAEIOUAEIOUAONC')
  end
end

Version data entries

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Version	Path
accent-buster-0.9.0	lib/accent-buster/string_extension.rb