compare different elements (if we have the same base letter)

Question

I want to create a function allow to compare some elements like accélérer, Accelerer, ACCELERER...etc and return True as result (if we have the same base letter).

example:

compare('accélérer','ACCELERER')  // will be true
compare('accélérer','accelerer')  // will be true
compare('accélérer','test')  // will be false

thanks

Do you want to treat "é" and "e" as the same letter? And do you distinguish cases (uppercase and lowercase)? — SparkFountain, Aug 22 '19 at 13:07
Possible duplicate of [Remove accents/diacritics in a string in JavaScript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/990904/remove-accents-diacritics-in-a-string-in-javascript) — I wrestled a bear once., Aug 22 '19 at 13:10
Sounds easy enough, (stringA.toLowerCase().replace("é", "e").compare(stringB.toLowerCase().replace("é", "e")) == 0) ? true : false; — SPlatten, Aug 22 '19 at 13:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 22 '19 at 13:18

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Use localeCompare, try this:

const compare = (a, b)  => !a.localeCompare(b, 'en' , { sensitivity: 'base'})

console.log(compare('accélérer','ACCELERER'))   
console.log(compare('accélérer','accelerer')) 
console.log(compare('accélérer','test'))

edited Aug 22 '19 at 13:18

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answered Aug 22 '19 at 13:11

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compare different elements (if we have the same base letter)

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