Re: Find part match in array

From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: Find part match in array
Date	2020-08-18 21:59 +0200
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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> On 18/08/2020 3:36 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>    1. You do not have to use regular expressions.  Especially in
>>    ECMAScript
>>       Ed. 6 and newer, there are methods like String.prototype.includes()
>>       which with you can search for substrings easily.
> 
> Using String.prototype.includes is always case sensitive so if I need a
> case insensitive test I'm going to need to convert the strings to, say,
> lower case.

Yes, and that can be a problem if you have letters beyond the BMP.

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  Re: Find part match in array JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2020-08-17 16:36 +0700
  Re: Find part match in array Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-08-17 05:01 -0700
  Re: Find part match in array Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-17 19:36 +0200
    Re: Find part match in array Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2020-08-18 09:02 +1000
      Re: Find part match in array Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2020-08-18 13:09 +1000
      Re: Find part match in array "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-08-18 11:28 +0200
        Re: Find part match in array "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-08-18 12:59 +0200
      Re: Find part match in array Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-18 21:59 +0200

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