Nodejs String Remove removeAccents()

Method Source Code

// hack for alphabetical sorting
String.prototype.removeAccents = function(){
    return this//w  ww  .ja v  a2  s .  co  m
        .toLowerCase()
        .replace(/[?gi,"a")
        .replace(/[?gi,"e")
        .replace(/[?gi,"i")
        .replace(/[?/gi,"o")
        .replace(/[?gi, "u")
        .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g," ");
}

Related

1. remove( start, length )

   String.prototype.remove = function( start, length )
     var s = '' ;
     if ( start > 0 )
       s = this.substring( 0, start ) ;
     if ( start + length < this.length )
       s += this.substring( start + length , this.length ) ;
     return s ;
   

2. remove(idx)

   String.prototype.remove = function (idx) {
     var arr = this.split("");
     arr.splice(idx, 1);
     arr = arr.join('');
     arr = arr.toString();
     return arr;
   

3. remove(substr)

   String.prototype.remove = function (substr) {
     return this.replace(substr, '');
   };
   

4. removeAccents()

   String.prototype.removeAccents = function() {
     var diacritics = [
         [/[\300-\306]/g, 'A'],
         [/[\340-\346]/g, 'a'],
         [/[\310-\313]/g, 'E'],
         [/[\350-\353]/g, 'e'],
         [/[\314-\317]/g, 'I'],
         [/[\354-\357]/g, 'i'],
         [/[\322-\330]/g, 'O'],
   ...
   

5. removeAllSpaces()

   String.prototype.removeAllSpaces = function () {
       return this.split(' ').join('');
   

6. removeBlackLines()

   String.prototype.removeBlackLines = function () {
       return this.replace(/\n[\s\t]*\r*\n/g, '\n');
   };
   

7. removeBr()

   String.prototype.removeBr = function()
     return this.replace(/(<br \/>|<br>)/g, '');
   };