How can I convert Extended ASCII characters such as: "æ, ö or ç" into non-extended ASCII characters (a,o,c) using python? The way it works should be that if it takes "A, Æ ,Ä" as input, It returns A for all of them.
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Unidecode might be of use to you.
Python 3.2.3 (default, Jun 8 2012, 05:36:09)
[GCC 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5)] on linux2
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>>> from unidecode import unidecode
>>> unidecode("æ, ö or ç")
'ae, o or c'
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Looks nice, but isn't there any way to do this in python 2? But this will do to in case there isn't. – madprogramer Mar 28 '13 at 23:15
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odd, I tried but didn't work. Thanks I'll use the python 3 CODE – madprogramer Mar 28 '13 at 23:29
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8 years later I can say that this aged well ;) – madprogramer Apr 20 '21 at 17:54