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provides an object which maps unicode characters to extended ascii codepoints (IBM PC/code page 437)
var unicodeToAsciiExtended = "\u0000\u263A\u263B\u2665\u2666\u2663\u2660\u2022\u25D8\u25CB\u25D9\u2642\u2640\u266A\u266B\u263C\u25BA\u25C4\u2195\u203C\u00B6\u00A7\u25AC\u21A8\u2191\u2193\u2192\u2190\u221F\u2194\u25B2\u25BC\u0020\u0021\u0022\u0023\u0024\u0025\u0026\u0027\u0028\u0029\u002a\u002b\u002c\u002d\u002e\u002f\u0030\u0031\u0032\u0033\u0034\u0035\u0036\u0037\u0038\u0039\u003a\u003b\u003c\u003d\u003e\u003f\u0040\u0041\u0042\u0043\u0044\u0045\u0046\u0047\u0048\u0049\u004a\u004b\u004c\u004d\u004e\u004f\u0050\u0051\u0052\u0053\u0054\u0055\u0056\u0057\u0058\u0059\u005a\u005b\u005c\u005d\u005e\u005f\u0060\u0061\u0062\u0063\u0064\u0065\u0066\u0067\u0068\u0069\u006a\u006b\u006c\u006d\u006e\u006f\u0070\u0071\u0072\u0073\u0074\u0075\u0076\u0077\u0078\u0079\u007a\u007b\u007c\u007d\u007e\u007f\u00c7\u00fc\u00e9\u00e2\u00e4\u00e0\u00e5\u00e7\u00ea\u00eb\u00e8\u00ef\u00ee\u00ec\u00c4\u00c5\u00c9\u00e6\u00c6\u00f4\u00f6\u00f2\u00fb\u00f9\u00ff\u00d6\u00dc\u00a2\u00a3\u00a5\u20a7\u0192\u00e1\u00ed\u00f3\u00fa\u00f1\u00d1\u00aa\u00ba\u00bf\u2310\u00ac\u00bd\u00bc\u00a1\u00ab\u00bb\u2591\u2592\u2593\u2502\u2524\u2561\u2562\u2556\u2555\u2563\u2551\u2557\u255d\u255c\u255b\u2510\u2514\u2534\u252c\u251c\u2500\u253c\u255e\u255f\u255a\u2554\u2569\u2566\u2560\u2550\u256c\u2567\u2568\u2564\u2565\u2559\u2558\u2552\u2553\u256b\u256a\u2518\u250c\u2588\u2584\u258c\u2590\u2580\u03b1\u00df\u0393\u03c0\u03a3\u03c3\u00b5\u03c4\u03a6\u0398\u03a9\u03b4\u221e\u03c6\u03b5\u2229\u2261\u00b1\u2265\u2264\u2320\u2321\u00f7\u2248\u00b0\u2219\u00b7\u221a\u207f\u00b2\u25a0\u00a0".split("").reduce(function(obj, char, idx){
obj[char] = idx;
return obj;
}, {});
// ES6
const unicodeToAsciiExtended = Array.from("\u0000\u263A\u263B\u2665\u2666\u2663\u2660\u2022\u25D8\u25CB\u25D9\u2642\u2640\u266A\u266B\u263C\u25BA\u25C4\u2195\u203C\u00B6\u00A7\u25AC\u21A8\u2191\u2193\u2192\u2190\u221F\u2194\u25B2\u25BC\u0020\u0021\u0022\u0023\u0024\u0025\u0026\u0027\u0028\u0029\u002a\u002b\u002c\u002d\u002e\u002f\u0030\u0031\u0032\u0033\u0034\u0035\u0036\u0037\u0038\u0039\u003a\u003b\u003c\u003d\u003e\u003f\u0040\u0041\u0042\u0043\u0044\u0045\u0046\u0047\u0048\u0049\u004a\u004b\u004c\u004d\u004e\u004f\u0050\u0051\u0052\u0053\u0054\u0055\u0056\u0057\u0058\u0059\u005a\u005b\u005c\u005d\u005e\u005f\u0060\u0061\u0062\u0063\u0064\u0065\u0066\u0067\u0068\u0069\u006a\u006b\u006c\u006d\u006e\u006f\u0070\u0071\u0072\u0073\u0074\u0075\u0076\u0077\u0078\u0079\u007a\u007b\u007c\u007d\u007e\u007f\u00c7\u00fc\u00e9\u00e2\u00e4\u00e0\u00e5\u00e7\u00ea\u00eb\u00e8\u00ef\u00ee\u00ec\u00c4\u00c5\u00c9\u00e6\u00c6\u00f4\u00f6\u00f2\u00fb\u00f9\u00ff\u00d6\u00dc\u00a2\u00a3\u00a5\u20a7\u0192\u00e1\u00ed\u00f3\u00fa\u00f1\u00d1\u00aa\u00ba\u00bf\u2310\u00ac\u00bd\u00bc\u00a1\u00ab\u00bb\u2591\u2592\u2593\u2502\u2524\u2561\u2562\u2556\u2555\u2563\u2551\u2557\u255d\u255c\u255b\u2510\u2514\u2534\u252c\u251c\u2500\u253c\u255e\u255f\u255a\u2554\u2569\u2566\u2560\u2550\u256c\u2567\u2568\u2564\u2565\u2559\u2558\u2552\u2553\u256b\u256a\u2518\u250c\u2588\u2584\u258c\u2590\u2580\u03b1\u00df\u0393\u03c0\u03a3\u03c3\u00b5\u03c4\u03a6\u0398\u03a9\u03b4\u221e\u03c6\u03b5\u2229\u2261\u00b1\u2265\u2264\u2320\u2321\u00f7\u2248\u00b0\u2219\u00b7\u221a\u207f\u00b2\u25a0\u00a0").reduce((obj, char, idx)=>{
obj[char] = idx;
return obj;
}, {});
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seleb commented Mar 29, 2018

make sure document has <meta charset="utf-8"/> in the head

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