If you pass a second parameter of "i" to the RegExp constructor, it will match insensitively:
var regObj:RegExp = new RegExp( "ˆ" + searchField_txt.text, "i" ); Look here for the description of all the flags a RegExp can take in AS3: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/RegExp.html#RegExp() On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Sidney de Koning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List, > > I'm filtering my loaded XML with RegEx (regular expressions). The input i > filter on is in a textfield. So I have a textfield on the stage and match > that to the text in my XML. > Right now i have a pattern the allows me to search only lowercase, but > since all the names in my xml start with a capital i have a problem. This is > my pattern: > > var regObj:RegExp = new RegExp( "^.*[[:upper:]a-z].*"+ > searchField_txt.text +".*" ); > > My xml consist of country names, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Cuba, Cyprus, > Denmark etc. > > What I want to do is this; when i type: an it returns a list of Andorra, > Angola, Anguilla. But when i type in an extra g, so now the word in my > textfield becomes: "ang" it should return the list Angola, Anguilla. The > pattern i have works a bit, but not quite. And my knowledge of RegEx is only > exsisting since this morning. So what i want the RegEx to do is allow me to > search the text, no matter if i type in lower-/uppercase and in the correct > order. > > Is there a RegEx rockstar who can help me on this? > > Thanks in advance, > > Sidney de Koning > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
