From 1a3ad0c4f026e77247a735603d5b0807fac5418f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allan Jardine <allan@datatables.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:24:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] New: Smart quote support for mobile browsers on search input

https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/76536
---
 js/core/core.filter.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/core/core.filter.js b/js/core/core.filter.js
index 8b36c4af..660be62a 100644
--- a/js/core/core.filter.js
+++ b/js/core/core.filter.js
@@ -298,11 +298,15 @@ function _fnFilterCreateSearch( search, regex, smart, caseInsensitive )
 		 * 
 		 * ^(?=.*?\bone\b)(?=.*?\btwo three\b)(?=.*?\bfour\b).*$
 		 */
-		var a = $.map( search.match( /"[^"]+"|[^ ]+/g ) || [''], function ( word ) {
+		var a = $.map( search.match( /["\u201C][^"\u201D]+["\u201D]|[^ ]+/g ) || [''], function ( word ) {
 			if ( word.charAt(0) === '"' ) {
 				var m = word.match( /^"(.*)"$/ );
 				word = m ? m[1] : word;
 			}
+			else if ( word.charAt(0) === '\u201C' ) {
+				var m = word.match( /^\u201C(.*)\u201D$/ );
+				word = m ? m[1] : word;
+			}
 
 			return word.replace('"', '');
 		} );