Unicode normalization in Visual Basic .NET

Unicode normalization is available in the core language via the Normalize method on strings (String objects).

nfd  = str.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD)
nfc  = str.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC)
nfkd = str.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKD)
nfkc = str.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKC)

' defaults to NFC
nfc = str.Normalize()

• Requires: .NET Framework 2.0
• Docs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.normalize.aspx