deburr

Use this function to deburr string by converting Latin-1 supplementary letters to basic Latin letters and removing combining diacritical marks.

Syntax

deburr(string)

Returns

Sample

deburr ("Héllo, thïs is à tést!"): 

In this example, the function takes in the string "Héllo, thïs is à tést!" and returns the deburred string "Hello, this is a test!" The Latin-1 supplementary letters in the original string have been converted to basic Latin letters, and the combining diacritical marks have been removed.