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Remove Symbols And Accents From A String In Java

04.16.2010

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  public static String normalizeSymbolsAndAccents(String str) {
    str = org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.defaultString(str);
    String nfdNormalizedString = Normalizer.normalize(str, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\p{InCombiningDiacriticalMarks}+");
    return pattern.matcher(nfdNormalizedString).replaceAll("");
  }

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