How to remove accents and tilde in a C++ std::string

Question

I have a problem with a string in C++ which has several words in Spanish. This means that I have a lot of words with accents and tildes. I want to replace them for their not

Answer 1

    /// 

    /// 
    /// Replace any accent and foreign character by their ASCII equivalent.
    /// In other words, convert a string to an ASCII-complient string.
    /// 
    /// This also get rid of special hidden character, like EOF, NUL, TAB and other '\0', except \n\r
    /// 
    /// Tests with accents and foreign characters:
    /// Before: "äæǽaeöœoeüueÄAeÜUeÖOeÀÁÂÃÄÅǺĀĂĄǍΑΆẢẠẦẪẨẬẰẮẴẲẶАAàáâãåǻāăąǎªαάảạầấẫẩậằắẵẳặаaБBбbÇĆĈĊČCçćĉċčcДDдdÐĎĐΔDjðďđδdjÈÉÊËĒĔĖĘĚΕΈẼẺẸỀẾỄỂỆЕЭEèéêëēĕėęěέεẽẻẹềếễểệеэeФFфfĜĞĠĢΓГҐGĝğġģγгґgĤĦHĥħhÌÍÎÏĨĪĬǏĮİΗΉΊΙΪỈỊИЫIìíîïĩīĭǐįıηήίιϊỉịиыїiĴJĵjĶΚКKķκкkĹĻĽĿŁΛЛLĺļľŀłλлlМMмmÑŃŅŇΝНNñńņňʼnνнnÒÓÔÕŌŎǑŐƠØǾΟΌΩΏỎỌỒỐỖỔỘỜỚỠỞỢОOòóôõōŏǒőơøǿºοόωώỏọồốỗổộờớỡởợоoПPпpŔŖŘΡРRŕŗřρрrŚŜŞȘŠΣСSśŝşșšſσςсsȚŢŤŦτТTțţťŧтtÙÚÛŨŪŬŮŰŲƯǓǕǗǙǛŨỦỤỪỨỮỬỰУUùúûũūŭůűųưǔǖǘǚǜυύϋủụừứữửựуuÝŸŶΥΎΫỲỸỶỴЙYýÿŷỳỹỷỵйyВVвvŴWŵwŹŻŽΖЗZźżžζзzÆǼAEßssIJIJijijŒOEƒf'ξksπpβvμmψpsЁYoёyoЄYeєyeЇYiЖZhжzhХKhхkhЦTsцtsЧChчchШShшshЩShchщshchЪъЬьЮYuюyuЯYaяya"
    /// After:  "aaeooeuueAAeUUeOOeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBbCCCCCCccccccDdDDjddjEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeFfGGGGGgggggHHhhIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiJJjjKKkkLLLLllllMmNNNNNnnnnnOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooPpRRRRrrrrSSSSSSssssssTTTTttttUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyVvWWwwZZZZzzzzAEssIJijOEf'kspvmpsYoyoYeyeYiZhzhKhkhTstsChchShshShchshchYuyuYaya"
    /// 
    /// Tests with invalid 'special hidden characters':
    /// Before: "\0\0\000\0000Bj��rk�\'\"\\\0\a\b\f\n\r\t\v\u0020���oacu\'\\\'te�"
    /// After:  "00000Bjrk'\"\\\n\r oacu'\\'te"
    /// 
    /// 
    private string Normalize(string StringToClean)
    {
        string normalizedString = StringToClean.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD);
        StringBuilder Buffer = new StringBuilder(StringToClean.Length);

        for (int i = 0; i < normalizedString.Length; i++)
        {
            if (CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(normalizedString[i]) != UnicodeCategory.NonSpacingMark)
            {
                Buffer.Append(normalizedString[i]);
            }
        }

        string PreAsciiCompliant = Buffer.ToString().Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC);
        StringBuilder AsciiComplient = new StringBuilder(PreAsciiCompliant.Length);

        foreach (char character in PreAsciiCompliant)
        {
            //Reject all special characters except \n\r (Carriage-Return and Line-Feed). 
            //Get rid of special hidden character, like EOF, NUL, TAB and other '\0'
            if (((int)character >= 32 && (int)character < 127) || ((int)character == 10 || (int)character == 13)) 
            {
                AsciiComplient.Append(character);
            }
        }
        return AsciiComplient.ToString().Trim(); // Remove spaces at start and end of string if any
    }