Add removeAccents snippet

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+---
+title: removeAccents
+tags: string,beginner
+---
+
+Removes accents from strings.
+
+- Uses a set of known accents for all vowels.
+- Iterates through the characters, replacing the accentued ones for its unaccentuated form.
+
+```js
+const removeAccents = (string) => {
+  const accents = 'ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÒÓÔÕÕÖòóôõöÈÉÊËèéêëÌÍÎÏìíîïÙÚÛÜùúûü';
+  const noAccents = 'AAAAAAaaaaaaOOOOOOoooooEEEEeeeeIIIIiiiiUUUUuuuu';
+
+  let splitted = string.split('');
+
+  splitted = splitted.map((char) => {
+    const pos = accents.indexOf(char);
+    return (pos >= 0 ? noAccents[pos] : char);
+  });
+
+  const newString = splitted.join('');
+
+  return newString;
+}
+```
+
+```js
+removeAccents('Antoine de Saint-Exupéry'); // 'Antoine de Saint-Exupery'
+```