country-to-iso/lib/esm/utils/strings.js

Convert inconsistent country names and codes into ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.

export const normalize = function (str) {
    return str.toLocaleUpperCase()
        .replace(/[,\.\(\)]/g, " ")
        // Remove quotes
        .replace(/["'`‘’“”]/g, "")
        // Remove dashes and hyphens
        .replace(/[-‐‑‒–—―]/g, "")
        // Remove braces, brackets, and parentheses
        .replace(/[{}\[\]()]/g, "")
        // Remove unimportant words
        .replace(/(^|\s)OF(\s|$)/gi, " ")
        .replace(/(^|\s)AND(\s|$)/gi, " ")
        .replace(/(^|\s)THE(\s|$)/gi, " ")
        .replace(/(^|\s)&(\s|$)/gi, " ")
        .replace(/(^|\s)&(\s|$)/gi, " ")
        // Remove excess
        .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
        .trim();
};
export const removeSpaces = function (str) {
    return str.replace(/\s/g, "");
};