In JavaScript, there are several ways to replace umlaut characters in JavaScript.We already tested effectively by using the replace()
function with the regular expression and using the remove()
method. Read till the end of the article to see how we use it. Let’s get started.
What are the Umlaut Characters
In the German language, the umlaut is often thought of as the two dots over letters, usually vowels. Umlauted words ä, ö, and ü help learners and native speakers pronounce words correctly. For example, ‘schon‘ in the German language means already, but when we use umlauted character schön means beautiful, and the ‘Bruder‘ in the German language means brother, but Brüder means brothers. This is the difference.
To Replace Umlaut Characters In JavaScript
Using the replace()
method
JavaScript offers the replace()
method to replace Umlaut characters in javascript. This method will search a string for a value or a regular expression and replace them with the specified value.
Code Example
Let’s see the code example below.
const input = "Mario Götze , İlkay Gündoğan, Christian Günter"; console.log("My string is: ", input); // Create function with replace() method function remove(str) { return str .replace(/ö/g, "o") .replace(/İ/g, "I") .replace(/ü/g, "u") .replace(/ğ/g, "g"); } console.log("After replacing the Umlaut character: ", remove(input));
Output
My string is: Mario Götze , İlkay Gündoğan, Christian Günter
After replacing the Umlaut character: Mario Gotze , Ilkay Gundogan, Christian Gunter
Using the remove()
method in package “remove-accents”
JavaScript offers the remove()
method in the npm package. To replace umlaut characters
1. First, we install the package remove-accents by using npm i remove-accents
in the terminal.
2. Then, import the remove function
3. Finally, we call out the function: remove(input)
Let’s see the code example below
Code Example
// Import remove() method form remove-accents package import { remove } from "remove-accents"; const input = "Mario Götze , İlkay Gündoğan, Christian Günter"; console.log("My string is: ", input); // Call out the remove() method to replace Umlaut character console.log("After replacing the Umlaut character: ", remove(input));
Output
My string is: Mario Götze , İlkay Gündoğan, Christian Günter
After replacing the Umlaut character: Mario Gotze , Ilkay Gundogan, Christian Gunter
Summary
Hopefully, throughout the article, you can easily find yourself the best way to replace umlaut characters in javascript. We have already introduced two techniques, but we believe the replace() approach is more beneficial and simple to use. If you utilize the above approach successfully or have any questions, please leave a comment below.
Thank you for your reading!
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