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Created October 3, 2009 19:02
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require "iconv"
class String
def to_ascii
self.strip.to_ascii_ugly.tr("^a-zA-Z0-9 ","*").tr_s("*","")
end
# à => `a
# é => 'e
def to_ascii_ugly
Iconv.iconv("ascii//translit", "utf-8", self)[0]
end
end
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