cognate/lib/cognate.js

Replace MS word special characters with ASCII cognates

/*
 * cognate
 * git://github.com/vxtindia/cognate
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Prama
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 */

'use strict';
// Taking from http://www.andornot.com/blog/post/Replace-MS-Word-special-characters-in-javascript-and-C.aspx
exports.replace = function(text) {
  var s = text;
    // smart single quotes and apostrophe
    s = s.replace(/[\u2018|\u2019|\u201A]/g, "\'");
    // smart double quotes
    s = s.replace(/[\u201C|\u201D|\u201E]/g, "\"");
    // ellipsis
    s = s.replace(/\u2026/g, "...");
    // dashes
    s = s.replace(/[\u2013|\u2014]/g, "-");
    // circumflex
    s = s.replace(/\u02C6/g, "^");
    // open angle bracket
    s = s.replace(/\u2039/g, "<");
    // close angle bracket
    s = s.replace(/\u203A/g, ">");
    // spaces
    s = s.replace(/[\u02DC|\u00A0]/g, " ");

    return s;
};