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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

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