Public/Helpers/Remove-StringDiacritic.ps1
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function Remove-StringDiacritic { <# .SYNOPSIS This function will remove the diacritics (accents) characters from a string. .DESCRIPTION This function will remove the diacritics (accents) characters from a string. .PARAMETER String Specifies the String on which the diacritics need to be removed .PARAMETER NormalizationForm Specifies the normalization form to use https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.normalizationform(v=vs.110).aspx .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Remove-StringDiacritic "L'été de Raphaël" L'ete de Raphael .NOTES Francois-Xavier Cat @lazywinadmin www.lazywinadmin.com #> param ( [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Alias('Text')] [System.String]$String, [System.Text.NormalizationForm]$NormalizationForm = "FormD" ) BEGIN { $Normalized = $String.Normalize($NormalizationForm) $NewString = New-Object -TypeName System.Text.StringBuilder } PROCESS { $normalized.ToCharArray() | ForEach-Object -Process { if ([Globalization.CharUnicodeInfo]::GetUnicodeCategory($psitem) -ne [Globalization.UnicodeCategory]::NonSpacingMark) { [void]$NewString.Append($psitem) } } } END { Write-Output $($NewString -as [string]) } } |