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javascriptjqueryspecial-characters

Create a chainable function that normalizes a small set of special characters

I would like to convert the occurence of some special characters with a chainable function, to work something like this:

>>> "Den här ån gör gott".normalizor().toUpperCase();

"DEN HAR AN GOR GOTT"

I'm only interested to convert certain characters:

å >> a
ä >> a   
ö >> o

Any help to get me in the right direction here would be much appreciated!

Pure javascript or use of any library doesn't matter.

Solution

  • normalize seems like a better method name:

    "Den här ån gör gott".normalize().toUpperCase();

    String.prototype.normalize = function() {
    return this.replace(/[åä]/g, 'a')
               .replace(/[ö]/g, 'o');
}