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Created January 27, 2016 23:26
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highlight words in a string that match a given term
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matchSearchTerm
function matchSearchTerm(string, matchTerm) {
if (!matchTerm) return string;
var words = string.split(' ');
var final = '';
var parsedWords = [];
words.forEach((word, index) => {
if (word.toLowerCase().indexOf(matchTerm) > -1) {
if (final) parsedWords.push(final);
final = '';
parsedWords.push(<span className="found_word" key={index}>{word} </span>);
return;
}
final += word + ' ';
});
parsedWords.push(final);
return parsedWords;
}
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