normalize-quotes Normalize smart quotes, dashes, and ellipsis to ASCII
Flags
--mode select: full | quotes default: full
Examples
Convert curly quotes and typographic characters to ASCII
Usage
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Usage
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Usage
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(input, opts = {})=>{
const mode = opts.mode || "full";
let out = input;
out = out.replace(/[\u2018\u2019\u201A\u201B]/g, "'");
out = out.replace(/[\u201C\u201D\u201E\u201F]/g, '"');
if (mode === "full") {
out = out.replace(/\u2014/g, "--");
out = out.replace(/\u2013/g, "-");
out = out.replace(/\u2026/g, "...");
out = out.replace(/\u00A0/g, " ");
}
return out;
}