FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

normalize

Converts the string to the specified Unicode normalization form.

Signatures & examples

normalize ( text [, form ] ) → text

Converts the string to the specified Unicode normalization form. The optional form key word specifies the form: NFC (the default), NFD, NFKC, or NFKD. This function can only be used when the server encoding is UTF8.

normalize(U&'\0061\0308bc', NFC) → U&'\00E4bc'

Version history 1

PG 12 → 13added

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