Strip "hypenation" (acutes, dieresis, etc..) from a string?

[bodhy]

Hi all.
I have a string's array (of filenames) where I want to perform a simple search... but there are some "international" hypenation characters.... for instance...

á ä ê é ï.... etc....

There is a tricky way to convert this strings to ASCII characters <= 128 position? (a..b A..B 0..9)

For example
Sven Väth -> Sven Vath
Rínocêrosë -> Rinocerose

I must do a "massive replacement"? the string's array has 220 elements, so if the replacement It's the only solve please recomend me the faster method.

Best regards and thanks in advance for your help.
b:.

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