# Does the normalize\_string() function still exist?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-normalize-string-function-still-exist/112952>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [April 15, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-normalize-string-function-still-exist/112952 "2024-04-15T09:11:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![TimG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-normalize-string-function-still-exist/112952/1 "2024-04-15T09:11:06Z")

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This function is referred to, for example, [here](https://www.jlhub.com/julia/manual/en/function/normalize_string).

But

```julia
julia> normalize_string("Hello World!", decompose=true, compat=true, casefold=true, stripmark=true, stripignore=true)
ERROR: UndefVarError: `normalize_string` not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope
   @ REPL[11]:1

```

Do I need to qualify the name in some way or has the function gone away?

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-normalize-string-function-still-exist/112952/2 "2024-04-15T09:12:34Z")

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I think you’re after

[https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Unicode/#Unicode.normalize](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Unicode/#Unicode.normalize)

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**Author:** ![TimG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-normalize-string-function-still-exist/112952/3 "2024-04-15T09:14:33Z")

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Yes, I think you’re right. Thanks!