All Vietnamese and French webmasters know too much about the troubles with accents. It may cause problems with the encoding in your application and sometime with the automatically generation friendly URL from a Title which contains some accents.
Below is a JavaScript function: How to Remove Vietnamese accents from text.
Note: there is a similar function is written by PHP, check it out
The JavaScript codes below will replace all vietnamese accented characters with non-accented characters:
<script> function str_replace(search, replace, str){ var ra = replace instanceof Array, sa = str instanceof Array, l = (search = [].concat(search)).length, replace = [].concat(replace), i = (str = [].concat(str)).length; while(j = 0, i--) while(str[i] = str[i].split(search[j]).join(ra ? replace[j] || "" : replace[0]), ++j < l); return sa ? str : str[0]; } function remove_vietnamese_accents(str) { accents_arr= new Array( "à","á","ạ","ả","ã","â","ầ","ấ","ậ","ẩ","ẫ","ă", "ằ","ắ","ặ","ẳ","ẵ","è","é","ẹ","ẻ","ẽ","ê","ề", "ế","ệ","ể","ễ", "ì","í","ị","ỉ","ĩ", "ò","ó","ọ","ỏ","õ","ô","ồ","ố","ộ","ổ","ỗ","ơ", "ờ","ớ","ợ","ở","ỡ", "ù","ú","ụ","ủ","ũ","ư","ừ","ứ","ự","ử","ữ", "ỳ","ý","ỵ","ỷ","ỹ", "đ", "À","Á","Ạ","Ả","Ã","Â","Ầ","Ấ","Ậ","Ẩ","Ẫ","Ă", "Ằ","Ắ","Ặ","Ẳ","Ẵ", "È","É","Ẹ","Ẻ","Ẽ","Ê","Ề","Ế","Ệ","Ể","Ễ", "Ì","Í","Ị","Ỉ","Ĩ", "Ò","Ó","Ọ","Ỏ","Õ","Ô","Ồ","Ố","Ộ","Ổ","Ỗ","Ơ", "Ờ","Ớ","Ợ","Ở","Ỡ", "Ù","Ú","Ụ","Ủ","Ũ","Ư","Ừ","Ứ","Ự","Ử","Ữ", "Ỳ","Ý","Ỵ","Ỷ","Ỹ", "Đ" ); no_accents_arr= new Array( "a","a","a","a","a","a","a","a","a","a","a", "a","a","a","a","a","a", "e","e","e","e","e","e","e","e","e","e","e", "i","i","i","i","i", "o","o","o","o","o","o","o","o","o","o","o","o", "o","o","o","o","o", "u","u","u","u","u","u","u","u","u","u","u", "y","y","y","y","y", "d", "A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A", "A","A","A","A","A", "E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E","E", "I","I","I","I","I", "O","O","O","O","O","O","O","O","O","O","O","O", "O","O","O","O","O", "U","U","U","U","U","U","U","U","U","U","U", "Y","Y","Y","Y","Y", "D" ); return str_replace(accents_arr,no_accents_arr,str); } </script> |
