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replace_zero_width_empty_space.rb
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# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50647999/how-to-remove-zero-width-space-characters-zwj-from-the-text
# U+200B zero width space
# U+200C zero width non-joiner Unicode code point
# U+200D zero width joiner Unicode code point
# U+FEFF zero width no-break space Unicode code point
#
text = text.gsub(/[\u200B-\u200D\uFEFF]/, '')
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