Yeah, I guess that I thought it would limit the String length. But your
solution worked so thank you!
--- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote:
>
> The "." matches any single character but does not limit the string length so
> you would also want to check the length of the string as well.
>
> if(currentID.length == testID.length + 1 && pattern.exec(currentID))
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "fumeng5" <fumeng5@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a filter function for an array collection that I'm working with. In
> > this scenario, I start with an ID such as '1'. Based on that, I want to
> > return '1_1', '1_2', etc... Basically, an underscore followed by 1 digit.
> >
> > Here's the code:
> >
> > var currentID:String = item.id.toString(); // i.e. 1_1, 1_2, etc..
> > var testID:String = buttonID + '_'; // buttonID would equal 1
> > var pattern:RegExp = new RegExp('^' + testID + ".");
> >
> > if( pattern.exec( currentID ))
> > return true;
> > else
> > return false;
> >
> > The problem is that this filter is also returning other IDs such as
> > '1_1_2', '1_1_3'. I thought the '.' would limit it 1 character only after
> > the underscore.
> >
> > Can anyone see where I may be going wrong?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
>
