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function buildRegExp(searchText) {
var words = searchText.trim().split(/[ \-\:]+/);
var exps = _.map(words, function(word) {
return "(?=.*" + word + ")";
});
var fullExp = exps.join('') + ".+";
return new RegExp(fullExp, "i");
}
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