umlaut-escape

Description

umlaut-escape is a small JavaScript package that provides a single function - escapeUmlaut - for escaping special characters like umlauts (e.g. õ, ä, ö, ü) in a given string. The special characters are replaced with their respective HTML entities. For a full list of currently supported HTML entities, see the Current special characters map at the end of this README.

Installation

You can install this package via npm:

npm install umlaut-escape

Usage

Import the escapeUmlaut function and use it to escape special characters in a string:

import { escapeUmlaut } from "umlaut-escape";

const inputString = "Hällo Wörld";
const escapedString = escapeUmlaut(inputString);

console.log(escapedString); // Output: 'Hällo WÖrld'

API

escapeUmlaut(input: string): string This function takes a string input as its parameter and returns a new string with special characters, such as umlauts (ä, ö, ü), replaced with their respective non-special characters.

License

This package is released under the ISC License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Issues

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

Author

This package was created by Toomas Jaska.

Changelog

See the CHANGELOG.md file for details about changes and version history.

Current special characters map

Character	HTML Entity
Ÿ	Ÿ
ÿ	ÿ
Ü	Ü
ü	ü
Ö	Ö
ö	ö
Ï	Ï
ï	ï
Ë	Ë
ë	ë
Ä	Ä
ä	ä
À	À
Á	Á
Â	Â
Ã	Ã
Å	Å
Æ	Æ
Ç	Ç
È	È
É	É
Ê	Ê
Ì	Ì
Í	Í
Î	Î
Ð	Ð
Ñ	Ñ
Ò	Ò
Ó	Ó
Ô	Ô
Õ	Õ
Ø	Ø
Œ	Œ
Ù	Ù
Ú	Ú
Û	Û
Ý	Ý
Þ	Þ
à	à
á	á
â	â
ã	ã
å	å
æ	æ
ç	ç
è	è
é	é
ê	ê
ì	ì
í	í
ð	ð
ñ	ñ
ò	ò
ó	ó
ô	ô
õ	õ
ø	ø
œ	œ
ù	ù
ú	ú
û	û
ý	ý
þ	þ
Š	Š
š	š
Č	Č
č	č