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# forgot where I got this, thanks dude!
class String
def to_ascii_iconv
converter = Iconv.new('ASCII//IGNORE//TRANSLIT', 'UTF-8')
converter.iconv(self).unpack('U*').select{ |cp| cp < 127 }.pack('U*')
end
end
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