From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-02-21T11:51:52+09:00
Subject: Re: accents and String#tr

Dňa Utorok 21 Február 2006 00:28 Xavier Noria napísal:
> I wrote this method
>
>    def self.normalize_for_sorting(s)
>      return nil unless s
>      norm = s.downcase
>      norm.tr!('ÁÉÍÓÚ', 'aeiou')
>      norm.tr!('ÀÈÌÒÙ', 'aeiou')
>      norm.tr!('ÄËÏÖÜ', 'aeiou')
>      norm.tr!('ÂÊÎÔÛ', 'aeiou')
>      norm.tr!('áéíóú', 'aeiou')
>      norm.tr!('àèìòù', 'aeiou')
>      norm.tr!('äëïöü', 'aeiou')
>      norm.tr!('âêîôû', 'aeiou')
>      norm
>    end
>
> to normalize strings for sorting. This script is UTF-8, everything is
> UTF-8 in my application, $KCODE is 'u'.
>
> But it does not work, examples:
>
>     Andrés -> andruos
>     López  -> luupez
>     Pérez  -> puorez
>
> I tried to "force" it with Iconv.conv('UTF-8', 'ASCII', 'aeiou') to
> no avail. Any ideas?
>
> -- fxn

Apparently, not all String methods were created equal:

david@chello082119107152:~$ irb
irb(main):001:0> $KCODE = 'u'
=> "u"
irb(main):002:0> require 'jcode'
=> true
irb(main):003:0> "Andrés".tr("áéíóú", "aeiou")
=> "Andres"


jcode to the rescue!

David Vallner