webapp

internal/utils/normalize_name.go

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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+func NormalizeName(name string) string {
+	// Remove extra whitespace
+	name = strings.TrimSpace(name)
+	name = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`).ReplaceAllString(name, " ")
+
+	// Remove common punctuation but keep hyphens
+	name = strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
+		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsSpace(r) || r == '-' {
+			return unicode.ToLower(r)
+		}
+		return -1
+	}, name)
+
+	return name
+}