Case insensitive String startsWith, contains, endsWith, replaceAll method

[Claude Pache]

Le 18 févr. 2013 à 00:56, Biju <bijumaillist at gmail.com> a écrit :

> On 16 February 2013 20:26, David Bruant <bruant.d at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Le 17/02/2013 00:58, Biju a écrit :
> 
>> Also, it doesn't seem that hard to implement:
>>    String.prototype.startsWithI = function(s){
>>        this.match(new RegExp('^'+s, 'i'));
>>    }
> 
> you also made the common error any developer make
> (I am ignoring you have missed the "return" keyword)
> If people at es-discuss can make error,
> how can you expect an average IT developer get it right.
> 
> test this
> 
> s="fddfd(ghgg"
> new RegExp('^'+s, 'i')
> 
> Error!!!
> 

Indeed (and I am surprised that David made such an error). The following implementation is more robust:

	String.prototype.startsWithI = function(s) {
		this.toLowerCase().startsWith(s.toLowerCase())
	}

This approach will work for many, but not all, string functions.


> 
>> And sometimes, case-sensitive is what you want.
> i agree, that is why I mentioned to add matchCase parameter.
> or have startsWithI, containsI, endsWithI instead
> 
>>> Additionally we should have a String.replaceAll method right now web
>>> developers are using complex logic to achieve the same.
>> 
>>    "aA".replace(/a/ig, 'b'); // 'bb'
>> I feel the "i" and "g" flag or regexps aren't that complex. One just needs
>> to know about them.
> 
> Again you are missing the point that the first parameter of "replace"
> at many times have to be a variable with a value which was taken from
> user input.

If there were a RegExp.escape function that escapes all characters in a string that have significance in a regular expression, you could write:
	
	str.replace(new RegExp(RegExp.escape(searchString), 'ig'), replacement)

But sadly, such a function does not exist in EcmaScript, unless I missed it. Perhaps the following convenience function could be added:

	RegExp.escape = function(string) {
		return string.replace(/([(){}\[\].+*?|\\])/g, '\\$1')
	}

(or: String.prototype.regExpEscape ?) 

—Claude

> 
> 
> We you cant agree on replaceAll can we atleast bring mozilla
> non-standard flags parameter for String.replace as standard.
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace#Syntax
> 
> You can see a lot of people asking for "replace all occurrences"
> https://www.google.com/search?q=javascript+replace+all+occurrences
> 
> cheers
> Biju
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