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
}