Hey Gordon. Thanks for the answer.
I tried your suggestion, but it still won't work.
I show once again what the problem is.
I'm a novice, please keep this in mind ;-)
This one works but it's case-sensitive. (The function liveSearch is
unnecessary in this case. I know.):
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public function liveSearch(searchString:String):String
{
return searchString
}
<mx:TextInput id="searchStringInput"/>
<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid"
dataProvider="{externalXML.customer.(name1.match(liveSearch(searchStringInput.text)))}"
>
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If I add RegExs the troubles begin. I have a label to show what's
the RegExs output and it's excatly what it should be. If the string is
empty it works just fine. If I start typing it shows nothing.
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public function liveSearch(searchString:String):String
{
if(searchString == '') {
return ''
}
else {
var regExSearchString:RegExp = new RegExp(searchString, 'i');
var searchTerm:String = regExSearchString.toString();
return searchTerm
}
}
<mx:TextInput id="searchStringInput"/>
<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid"
dataProvider="{externalXML.customer.(name1.match(liveSearch(searchStringInput.text)))}"
>
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I also tried a static variable but this one works neither.
So, always when I trie to add RegExs over variables it causes problems.
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public var test:RegExp = new RegExp('Stich',i);
public var test1:String = test.toString();
<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid"
dataProvider="{externalXML.customer.(name1.match(test1))}"
>
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Does anybody know what the problem could be?
Thanks for replies...
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If the search pattern is a variable, I think you must use a RegExp
> constructor rather than the /.../ RegExp literal notation. In other
> words, do
>
> new RegExp(searchString.text, "i")
>
> instead of
>
> /searchString.text/i
>
> - Gordon
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of alexander.marktl
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:33 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Regular Expression Problem
>
>
>
> Hi there.
>
> I'm trying to use regex for a search function. I want case-insensitive
> search, so I'm using the regex: /ANYTEXT/i
>
> This one does work, but I want to insert a searchString.text variable
> instead of ANYTEXT.
> "/searchString.text/i" doesn't work.
>
> How can i do this?
>
> Here's the code, if it helps:
>
> <mx:TextInput id="searchString"/>
> <mx:DataGrid
> dataProvider="{externalXML.customer.(name1.match(/stich/i))}">
> ...
>
