ruby on rails - "englify" string, get rid off special symbols -


i wanted ask question converting string.

i using rails 4.0.4

and in database have values in native language rīga or jēkabpils. wondering if there kind of function or other way convert words english symbols/characters riga or jekabpils.

i wondering because compare them

like:

"jēkabpils".convert == "jekabpils" 

i asking purely based on own interest, wondering if possible?

you can this:

require "i18n" i18n.enforce_available_locales = false s = "jēkabpils" puts s puts i18n.transliterate(s) 

output:

jēkabpils jekabpils 

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