Java String Accent replaceAccent(String strInit)

Description

This function converts French diacritics characters into non diacritics.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
strInit	The String to convert

Return

The sTring converted to French non diacritics characters

Declaration

public static String replaceAccent(String strInit) 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.Collator;

public class Main {
    /**
     * This function converts French diacritics characters into non diacritics.
     *
     * @param strInit The String to convert
     * @return The sTring converted to French non diacritics characters
     */
    public static String replaceAccent(String strInit) {
        char charTest;
        char[] tabTemp = strInit.toCharArray();
        char[] voyelle = { 'a', 'c', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y' };

        // Collator can compare 2 strings using locale-sensitive String comparison
        Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(java.util.Locale.FRENCH);
        collator.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);

        for (int i = 0; i < strInit.length(); i++) {
            charTest = strInit.charAt(i);

            // Test character only when it's in the range [192-255]
            if ((charTest > 191) && (charTest < 256)) {
                for (int j = 0; j < voyelle.length; j++) {
                    if (collator.compare(String.valueOf(charTest), String.valueOf(voyelle[j])) == 0) {
                        tabTemp[i] = voyelle[j];

                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return String.valueOf(tabTemp);
    }
}

Related

1. removeAccents(String str)
2. removeAccents(String text)
3. removeAccents(String textWithAccent)
4. removeAccentsAndNonStandardCharacters(String string)
5. removeAccentuation(String str)
6. replaceAccentedChars(StringBuilder buffer)
7. replaceAccents(String string)
8. stripAccents(final String input)
9. stripAccents(final String input)