The dot character matches "any character", so that the regex "12.0" will match "12-0", "12x0", "12P0" etc. If you want to match the "dot" itself, you have to escape it, i.e. "12\.0".
Haykel Ben Jemia Allmas Web & RIA Development http://www.allmas-tn.com On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Manu Dhanda <manuraj.dha...@gmail.com>wrote: > > The problem is: > I am trying to filter an arraycollection(labels) against the text. Using a > filter function and in there I am trying to use RegExp. > > More specifically, whenever I enter a text like 12.0, it returns me results > with "-" character as well like 12-0 etc. > > So I want that whenever I enter "." in my search, it should only return me > results with "." and NOT "-" and vice-versa. > > Thanks, > Manu. > >