normalize_names: Normalize character names by stripping BOM and NBSP
Description
Removes common problematic Unicode characters from a character
vector (Byte Order Mark and non-breaking spaces) and trims leading
and trailing whitespace.
Usage
normalize_names(x)
Value
A character vector with BOM and non-breaking spaces removed
and surrounding whitespace trimmed.
Arguments
x
Character vector (e.g., column names) to normalize.