Converting Non-ASCII code to ASCII equivalent in terms of look

Question

I have thousands of name in a mysql database that have the extended ASCII code in them. I want to convert them to a normal english alphabet. Here is an example :

Indāpur Jejūri convert to -> Indapur Jejuri

So how can I do it ? I know Java and Groovy, and a bunch of other scripting languages but didn't have much luck. Any suggestion ?

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Presumably you'd get a 64K-entry translation table and translate. – Ixia

Python has unidecode, which probably has some sort of Java equivalent. – Spectre

PHP answer here: #158741 – Encase

Answer 1

I found the answer after going through many posts in stackoverflow : Converting Symbols, Accent Letters to English Alphabet

import java.text.Normalizer;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public String deAccent(String str) {
    String nfdNormalizedString = Normalizer.normalize(str, Normalizer.Form.NFD); 
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\p{InCombiningDiacriticalMarks}+");
    return pattern.matcher(nfdNormalizedString).replaceAll("");
}

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