deburr.js

var baseToString = require('../internal/baseToString'),
    deburrLetter = require('../internal/deburrLetter');

/** Used to match [combining diacritical marks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_Diacritical_Marks). */
var reComboMark = /[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23]/g;

/** Used to match latin-1 supplementary letters (excluding mathematical operators). */
var reLatin1 = /[\xc0-\xd6\xd8-\xde\xdf-\xf6\xf8-\xff]/g;

/**
 * Deburrs `string` by converting [latin-1 supplementary letters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin-1_Supplement_(Unicode_block)#Character_table)
 * to basic latin letters and removing [combining diacritical marks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_Diacritical_Marks).
 *
 * @static
 * @memberOf _
 * @category String
 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to deburr.
 * @returns {string} Returns the deburred string.
 * @example
 *
 * _.deburr('déjà vu');
 * // => 'deja vu'
 */
function deburr(string) {
  string = baseToString(string);
  return string && string.replace(reLatin1, deburrLetter).replace(reComboMark, '');
}

module.exports = deburr;