array wildcard search

wildcard-search

Array.prototype.search_with_wildcard = function(string) {
  // example string wildcards
  //string = "a*h*s";
  regexp = new RegExp(/(\w+)|(\W{1})/g);
  string_wildcard_array = string.match(regexp);
  wildcard_regex = ['^'];
  $.each(string_wildcard_array, function(idx, val) {
    if(val === "*"){
      wildcard_regex.push('[A-Za-z]');
    } else{
      wildcard_regex.push(val + '{1}');
    }  
  });
  wildcard_regex.push('$')
  var regex_string = wildcard_regex.join("");
  console.log(regex_string);
  var reg = new RegExp(regex_string);
  return this.filter(function(item){
    return typeof item == 'string' && item.match(reg);
  });
}