Question

in .NET is there a function that returns the root letter (the letter without special attributes like cedilla), kinda:

Select Case c   Case 'á', 'à', 'ã', 'â', 'ä', 'ª' : x = 'a'   Case 'é', 'è', 'ê', 'ë' : x = 'e'   Case 'í', 'ì', 'î', 'ï' : x = 'i'   Case 'ó', 'ò', 'õ', 'ô', 'ö', 'º' : x = 'o'   Case 'ú', 'ù', 'û', 'ü' : x = 'u'    Case 'Á', 'À', 'Ã', 'Â', 'Ä' : x = 'A'   Case 'É', 'È', 'Ê', 'Ë' : x = 'E'   Case 'Í', 'Ì', 'Î', 'Ï' : x = 'I'   Case 'Ó', 'Ò', 'Õ', 'Ô', 'Ö' : x = 'O'   Case 'Ú', 'Ù', 'Û', 'Ü' : x = 'U'    Case 'ç' : x = 'c'   Case 'Ç' : x = 'C'    Case Else        x = c End Select 

This code miss some letters, but it’s only for the example sake 🙂

Answer 1

See if this works out for you:

http://weblogs.asp.net/fmarguerie/archive/2006/10/30/removing-diacritics-accents-from-strings.aspx