Remove Vietnamese characters form string in JS

#javascript #unicode #vietnamese

    function _formatString(str) {
      str = str.toLowerCase();
      str = str.replace(/à|á|ạ|ả|ã|â|ầ|ấ|ậ|ẩ|ẫ|ă|ằ|ắ|ặ|ẳ|ẵ/g, "a");
      str = str.replace(/è|é|ẹ|ẻ|ẽ|ê|ề|ế|ệ|ể|ễ/g, "e");
      str = str.replace(/ì|í|ị|ỉ|ĩ/g, "i");
      str = str.replace(/ò|ó|ọ|ỏ|õ|ô|ồ|ố|ộ|ổ|ỗ|ơ|ờ|ớ|ợ|ở|ỡ/g, "o");
      str = str.replace(/ù|ú|ụ|ủ|ũ|ư|ừ|ứ|ự|ử|ữ/g, "u");
      str = str.replace(/ỳ|ý|ỵ|ỷ|ỹ/g, "y");
      str = str.replace(/đ/g, "d");
      return str;
    }