Java String Diacritics removeDiacritics(String word)

Description

Remove diacritics from word.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String removeDiacritics(String word) 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.Normalizer;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Remove diacritics from word.
     */
    public static String removeDiacritics(String word) {
        // first, fully decomposed all chars
        String tmpWord = Normalizer.normalize(word, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
        StringBuilder newWord = new StringBuilder();
        char[] chars = tmpWord.toCharArray();
        // now, discard any characters from one of the "Mark" categories.
        for (char c : chars) {
            if (Character.getType(c) != Character.NON_SPACING_MARK
                    && Character.getType(c) != Character.COMBINING_SPACING_MARK
                    && Character.getType(c) != Character.ENCLOSING_MARK) {
                newWord.append(c);
            }
        }
        return newWord.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. removeDiacriticals(final String s)
2. removeDiacritics(String input)
3. removeDiacritics(String input)
4. removeDiacritics(String st)
5. removeDiacritics(String text)