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using System.Text;
public static class Extensions
{
public static string ToSlug(this string value, bool toLower = true)
{
if (value == null)
return "";
var normalised = value.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKD);
const int maxlen = 80;
int len = normalised.Length;
bool prevDash = false;
var sb = new StringBuilder(len);
char c;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
c = normalised[i];
if ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9'))
{
if (prevDash)
{
sb.Append('-');
prevDash = false;
}
sb.Append(c);
}
else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
{
if (prevDash)
{
sb.Append('-');
prevDash = false;
}
// Tricky way to convert to lowercase
if (toLower)
sb.Append((char)(c | 32));
else
sb.Append(c);
}
else if (c == ' ' || c == ',' || c == '.' || c == '/' || c == '\\' || c == '-' || c == '_' || c == '=')
{
if (!prevDash && sb.Length > 0)
{
prevDash = true;
}
}
else
{
string swap = ConvertEdgeCases(c, toLower);
if (swap != null)
{
if (prevDash)
{
sb.Append('-');
prevDash = false;
}
sb.Append(swap);
}
}
if (sb.Length == maxlen)
break;
}
return sb.ToString();
}
static string ConvertEdgeCases(char c, bool toLower)
{
string swap = null;
switch (c)
{
case 'ı':
swap = "i";
break;
case 'ł':
swap = "l";
break;
case 'Ł':
swap = toLower ? "l" : "L";
break;
case 'đ':
swap = "d";
break;
case 'ß':
swap = "ss";
break;
case 'ø':
swap = "o";
break;
case 'Þ':
swap = "th";
break;
}
return swap;
}
}
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