Is there a way to convert special characters to normal characters in Swift?

Question

Suppose I have the String value with special accents :

éáüîāṁṇār̥

Is there a universal/dynamic way to convert/strip these types of characters down to a basic formatting like ?..

eauiamnar

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '16 at 19:16

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Use stringByFoldingWithOptions and pass .DiacriticInsensitiveSearch

let s = "éáüîāṁṇār̥"
let r = s.stringByFoldingWithOptions(.DiacriticInsensitiveSearch, locale: nil)
print(r) // prints eauiamnar

answered Apr 19 '16 at 19:16

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Another reference here.... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29521951/how-to-remove-diacritics-from-a-string-in-swift – Pan Mluvčí Nov 22 '16 at 10:16

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