to_ascii

string

Converts a string to ASCII, removing or transliterating accents and special characters

Syntax

to_ascii(string)

string (string)

The string to convert to ASCII

string

ASCII representation of the string

Input:

to_ascii("café")

Output:

"cafe"

Input:

to_ascii("naïve")

Output:

"naive"

Input:

"résumé" | to_ascii

Output:

"resume"

The to_ascii() function converts a string to ASCII by removing accents and transliterating special characters to their closest ASCII equivalents.

Use to_ascii() for creating URL-friendly strings, normalizing data for systems that don’t support Unicode, or simplifying text for search.