Try something like this
iconv(c('Á'), "utf8", "ASCII//TRANSLIT")
You can just add more elements to the c()
.
EDIT: it is machine dependent, check help(iconv)
Here is the R
solution
mychar <- c('ÁÃÉÊÍÓÕÚÇ')
iconv(mychar, "latin1", "ASCII//TRANSLIT") # one line, as requested
[1] "AAEEIOOUC"