Question

http://jsfiddle.net/nicktheandroid/U8T8p/4/

(function($) {

    $('.filterinput').keyup(function() {
        var filter = $(this).val();
        if (filter.length > 2) {
            // this finds all links in the list that contain the input,
            // and hide the ones not containing the input while showing the ones that do
            $(list).find("a:not(:Contains(" + filter + "))").parent().slideUp();
            $(list).find("a:Contains(" + filter + ")").parent().slideDown();
        } else {
            $(list).find("li").slideDown();
        }
        return false;
    })

}(jQuery));

This will filter the list based on if what you’ve typed matches ANY part of a word in the list. I’m trying to make it only match whole words, so it wont say it has a match until the full word is typed. Would Regex be best? Or? I need help, nothing I’ve tried has worked.

Answer 1

Something like this: http://jsfiddle.net/U8T8p/10/

        var containing = $('#list li').filter(function () {
            var regex = new RegExp('\\b' + a, 'i');
            return regex.test($('a', this).text());
        }).slideDown();
        $('#list li').not(containing).slideUp();

The regex limits matches to those where the currently entered text starts at a word boundary. So, having typed ‘Stat’ you’d still match ‘United States’. You can make it match a full word by changing to RegExp('\\b' + a + '\\b', i).