I recently posted about a custom jQuery selector to do a case-
insensitive exact search:
http://www.ericmmartin.com/creating-a-custom-jquery-selector/
It sounds like writing a custom selector might be your best bet. You
should be able to do an exact, contains, and starts-with search,
depending on your needs.
-Eric
On Sep 23, 7:51 am, blockedmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hmmm thanks for that i'll check it out but exact search is not enough
> for me... i need *keyword* kind of searching...
>
> On 22 Eylül, 19:35, ricardobeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > my_search = "sEarCh"; //global var, you can't pass arguments to the
> > filter function
> > my_search = new RegExp(my_search,'i'); // 'i' makes the regexp case
> > insensitive
>
> > $('h1').filter(function () {
> > return $(this).attr('title').match(my_search);
>
> > });
>
> > this might be slow if you're handling large XML files, and it's
> > limited to single word searches or exact concatenated matches.
>
> > - ricardo
>
> > On Sep 22, 6:27 am, "Erik Beeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Maybe try using filter and a regexp for the part that you want to be case
> > > insensitive. Something like (very untested):
> > > $(...).find('item').filter(function() { return this.name.match(new
> > > RegExp(search, 'i')); }).each(function() {
>
> > > });
>
> > > I don't recall the syntax for accessing an XML attribute from javascript,
> > > so
> > > the "this.name" part might be wrong. Maybe you need $(this).attr('name')
> > > instead. Also, you might want to be doing more than just passing the
> > > search
> > > into a RegExp, but you get the idea.
>
> > > Also, maybe reconsider what you're trying to do. Maybe just return your
> > > xml
> > > such that it's already been converted to lower case, then just do what you
> > > were doing before except use search.toLowerCase() instead of just search.
>
> > > Hope it helps.
>
> > > --Erik
>
> > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:35 AM, blockedmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Nothing?
>
> > > > On Sep 20, 5:22 pm, blockedmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I am making search in an xml file, but I don't get expected results
> > > > > since jQuery selectors arecase-sensitive. I use something like
>
> > > > > $(returnedXml).find("item[name*='"+search+"']").each(function(){
>
> > > > > });
>
> > > > > How to make it INCASE-SENSITIVE?
