I had not thought of that, and your right the .search() is detecting it as a regex expression. Being I can't expect the end user to understand to type \(###\)###-#### to filter phone numbers is there a simple way to make it ignore the characters and not take it as a regex?
--- In [email protected], "Doug Lowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seems like the (, ), and * are being interpreted as regexp > quantifiers. You can escape them if you want them treated as > literals. > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/docs/00001904.html#118959 > > --- In [email protected], "camlinaeizerous" <camlinae@> > wrote: > > > > I have a list of phone numbers in either a (###)###-#### of > > ###-###-#### type format. There is also a text box that on change > > filters array collection that populates the list. The code breaks > down to. > > > > private function phoneFilter(item:Object):Boolean > > { > > if(item.Phone.search(searchBar.text) >= 0) > > {return true;} > > else > > {return false;} > > } > > > > the 5 phone numbers that i randomly put in the collection are are > > #1)"123-456-7890" > > #2)null > > #3)"(403)734-4312" > > #4)"(780)495-4949" > > #5)"(780)828-4229" > > > > the #1 and #2 phone number filters as expected however the ones > with > > the brackets are awkward. > > "(", "(780", "780)", "(780)828" fail not as I expected > > "(780)", "780" succeed as I expected > > > > And tossing in random "*" succeed definitely not as I had expected > > "(780)*82" matches #5 > > "(780)*8" or even "780*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*" > matches > > #4, #5, and #1 > > "(780)*", or "(spam)*" match all 5 numbers > > even "()*" or "(###)*" where # is any 3 numbers and it matches all > 5 > > numbers again even the null. > > even "(828)" matches #5 or similar ideas > > > > Obviously the "(", ")" and "*" characters are doing something > strange > > to the search() function. Hopefully someone can explain why I'm > seeing > > this behavior with these characters or a way to change how I'm > > filtering the phone numbers to get somewhat normal behavior. > > >
