/* (C)Stephen Chalmers
* Strips grave, acute & circumflex accents from vowels
*/
/* ç et Ç ajouté par Mathieu Perron 18-10-2007 */

function stripAccents(str)
{
var s=str;

var rExps=[ /[\xC0-\xC2]/g, /[\xE0-\xE2]/g,
/[\xC8-\xCA]/g, /[\xE8-\xEB]/g,
/[\xCC-\xCF]/g, /[\xEC-\xEF]/g,
/[\xD2-\xD4]/g, /[\xF2-\xF4]/g,
/[\xD9-\xDB]/g, /[\xF9-\xFB]/g,
/[\xC7]/g, /[\xE7]/g];

var repChar=['A','a','E','e','I','i','O','o','U','u','C','c'];

for(var i=0; i<rExps.length; i++)
s=s.replace(rExps[i],repChar[i]);

return s;
}