removeAccents

Removes accents and diacritical marks from a string.

Syntax

removeAccents(str: string): string

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
str	string	The input string.

Returns

Type	Description
string	The string without accents or diacritical marks.

Example

removeAccents("ação"); // "acao"
removeAccents("café"); // "cafe"
removeAccents("Olá, mundo!"); // "Ola, mundo!"

Notes

• Throws TypeError if the argument is not a string.
• Uses Unicode normalization (NFD) to separate characters and removes diacritics with a regular expression.

References

• MDN: String.prototype.normalize()
• MDN: String.prototype.replace()