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RemoveAccentsMBS(text as string, IgnoreCase as boolean = false) as string

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
global method String MBS Util Plugin 12.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Removes accents from text.
Example 

dim s as string = "L'élève préféré"
dim a as string = RemoveAccentsMBS(s)
dim b as string = RemoveAccentsMBS(s, true)
// check values in debugger
Dim x As String = RemoveAccentsMBS("` ‘ ’ • \¶ ¨ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ ¼ ½ ¾ ⅓ ⅔ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚ ⅐ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ⅑ ⅒ ↉")

Break

Optionally also ignores case and outputs text in capital letters.
The plugin has a long replacement list of unicode code points to do this.

Useful as a preparation to convert to ASCII text, so all accents are removed before conversion.

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