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# strip_accents

## 🔗NAME

strip_accents

## 🔗SYNOPSIS

strip accents from characters

## 🔗USAGE

    local ds = require "lib/dtutils.string"
    local result = ds.strip_accents(str)

str - string - the string with characters that need accents removed

## 🔗DESCRIPTION

strip_accents removes accents from accented characters returning the unaccented character.

## 🔗RETURN VALUE

result - string - the string containing unaccented characters

## 🔗REFERENCE

Copied from https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/43048-remove-special-characters-from-string/

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