How to check if a string contains multiple words on different locations
compare, javascript, regex, search, string
Solution
If you want to know the length of the match, e.g. using regex:
var str = "There idea";
var pattern = new RegExp("\\b" + str.replace(/ +/g, "\\b.*\\b") + "\\b", "i")
console.log(pattern)
var strings = [
"There is this one thing that I'm trying to do but I have no idea how",
"I really have no clue how too fix it",
"Hopefully maybe someone can help me"
]
for( i=0; i < strings.length; i++ )
if( res=strings[i].match(pattern) )
console.log( res[0], res[0].length )
`\b` matches a word boundary (zero-length match)
Problem
So I have multiple string that are like this: String 1: There is this one thing that I'm trying to do but I have no idea how. String 2: I really have no clue how too fix it. String 2: Hopefully maybe someone can help me. Now I also have a string that is a search input that can be anything, for example: There idea When the user inputs and sends that I want the JavaScript too match with string 1. Also I would like too have it return by how many characters the two strings are matching. If someone can help me with this I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance, Job