Search on regexp characters broken by v2.3.0

[machupichu123]

I found a problem caused by a different version.

I can't search the symbols #, . and - when using a var 2.3.0.

For example, here is the code.
https://jsfiddle.net/qrhd438e/

In case of I use var 1.5.0 result shows 'Mark #Twain',
But var 2.3.0 shows nothing.

[sheffieldnikki]

I think it is probably a bug in setSearchString() where it is escaping regular expression characters (like #, -, etc) but the new faster multiword search code in v2.3.0 doesn't use regexp, so those characters shouldn't be escaped?

[machupichu123]

Thank you. I solved it by commenting out line 744 of 2.3.0.

744 s = s.replace(/[-[]{}()+?.,^$|#]/g, '$&'); // Escape regular expression characters
↓
744 // s = s.replace(/[-[]{}()+?.,^$|#]/g, '$&'); // Escape regular expression characters

[machupichu123]

I am expecting great things of you!
What do you think of this issue?
#698

[sheffieldnikki]

I suggest renaming this issue to something specific, like "Search on regexp characters broken by v2.3.0"

[machupichu123]

I Fixed the title.
Why did you thumbs down?
Are you angry with me, by any chance?
I'm concerning about that if my English makes sense or not.

[levipadre]

Hello, when can we expect a fixture for this? I'm also having issue with - character. I have a list of API keys, e.g. FC6F7D6B-BADD-0DD4-A7B0-EB34A1EFA527 and I can't search perfect match, not even with fuzzy search.
Thank you in advance.

[pouriap]

Thank you.

I hope this gets fixed soon.
Almost any link or file name contains characters such as #, ., -, etc. This is a huge disadvantage. Hopefully commenting out that line doesn't break anything.

[lovasoa]

I merged the fix in https://www.npmjs.com/package/list.js-fixed to be able to use it in SQLPage

[Glamurio]

Chiming in to hope this gets fixed. Even all the "fixes" don't seem to solve this issue. We're using it to sort books, and among which you can search and sort for ISBN numbers, which typically look something like 978-1-09-813107-4. While searching for "978" finds something, searching for the entire string doesn't, which is vital.

[lovasoa]

Even all the "fixes" don't seem to solve this issue.

What do you mean ? list.js-fixed works with strings that contain dashes. You can have a look at Example 4 on this page.