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bumbumpaw
bumbumpaw

Reputation: 2528

Pattern to match with starting letter

Im using tableutils.js plug in, inside this, its regular expression for filtering is :

 var pattern = new RegExp(filter.expr,'i');

its filtering if I type letter T, its shows item containing

Tony

Captain

its working pattern is like in MYSQL LIKE %%,In regex im using this /^'+filter.expr+'/i but its not working.Can anyone check my pattern,if i missed out something.Thanks in advance.

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 49

Answers (1)

Barmar
Barmar

Reputation: 781088

If you want to modify the plugin to only match the first letter, change that line to:

var pattern = new RegExp('^' + filter.expr, 'i');

You can't use variables inside regexp literals in /.../. You have to work with them as strings, then use new RegExp to convert the string to a RegExp.

Upvotes: 1

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