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Convert string of text into a slug separated by hyphens with no special characters.
function slugify(text) {
const a = 'ãàáäâèéëêìíïîòóöôùúüûñçßÿœæŕśńṕẃǵǹḿǘẍźḧ·/_,:;';
const b = 'aaaaaeeeeiiiioooouuuuncsyoarsnpwgnmuxzh------';
const p = new RegExp(a.split('').join('|'), 'g');
return text.toString().toLowerCase()
.replace(/\s+/g, '-') // Replace spaces with -
.replace(p, c => b.charAt(a.indexOf(c))) // Replace special chars
.replace(/&/g, '-and-') // Replace & with 'and'
.replace(/[^\w\-]+/g, '') // Remove all non-word chars
.replace(/\-\-+/g, '-') // Replace multiple - with single -
.replace(/^-+/, '') // Trim - from start of text
.replace(/-+$/, ''); // Trim - from end of text
}
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