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Created October 15, 2012 15:49
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fuzzy string matching in javascript
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gistfile1.js
var people = ['Daniel', 'Dustin', 'David', 'Damarcus', 'Russ'];
function matchPeople(input) {
var regex = new RegExp('[' + input.split('').join(']+.*[') + ']+', 'ig');
return people.filter(function(person) {
if (person.match(regex)) return person;
});
}
console.log(matchPeople('dvd')); // returns ['David']
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