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JS - To Slug
String.prototype.toSlug = function (replaceWith) {
replaceWith = replaceWith || '-';
var str = this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim
str = str.toLowerCase();
// remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc
var from = "ãàáäâẽèéëêìíïîõòóöôùúüûñç·/_,:;";
var to = "aaaaaeeeeeiiiiooooouuuunc------";
for (var i=0, l=from.length ; i<l ; i++) {
str = str.replace(new RegExp(from.charAt(i), 'g'), to.charAt(i));
}
str = str.replace(/[^a-z0-9 -]/g, '') // remove invalid chars
.replace(/\s+/g, replaceWith) // collapse whitespace and replace by -
.replace(/-+/g, replaceWith); // collapse dashes
return str;
};
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