diacritic characters javascript replace code example
Example 1: javascript remove diacritics
var originalText = "éàçèñ"
var result = originalText.normalize('NFD').replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
console.log(result)
Example 2: check if word has accented or unaccented javascript
var accentArray = ["á","à","ã","â","é","è","ê","í","ì","î","õ","ó","ò","ô","ú","ù","û"]
var stringToCheck = "áeiou"
for(var i=0; i < stringToCheck.length; i++){
for(var j=0; j < accentArray.length; j++){
if(stringToCheck[i] === accentArray[j]){
alert("String has accents!");
}
}
}