cleanString.js

function cleanString (string) {
	var find = ['.','"',"'",' ','’',';',',',':','à','á','â','ã','ä','ç','è','é','ê','ë','ì','í','î','ï','ñ','ò','ó','ô','õ','ö','ù','ú','û','ü','ý','ÿ','À','Á','Â','Ã','Ä','Ç','È','É','Ê','Ë','Ì','Í','Î','Ï','Ñ','Ò','Ó','Ô','Õ','Ö','Ù','Ú','Û','Ü','Ý'];
	var replace = ['','','','-','','','','','a','a','a','a','a','c','e','e','e','e','i','i','i','i','n','o','o','o','o','o','u','u','u','u','y','y','A','A','A','A','A','C','E','E','E','E','I','I','I','I','N','O','O','O','O','O','U','U','U','U','Y'];
	var replaceString = string;
	var regex; 
	for (var i = 0; i < find.length; i++) {
		regex = new RegExp(find[i], "g");
		replaceString = replaceString.replace(regex, replace[i]);
	}
	replaceString = replaceString.toLowerCase();
	replaceString = replaceString.trim();

	return replaceString;
}