Jquery make searching in array with indexOf case insensitive

Question

I have this function which checks if the textarea contains the string :tag: while typing. If does, then it replaces it with [tag] [/tag]. For example, if we type :b:, it will insert [b] [/b].

This works all good, but I want to make this work even if we use uppercase. Like typing :B: would also insert [b] [/b](or [B] [/B], doesn't really matter), but however I try, it just doesn't work.

Naturally, it needs to work with every single tag.

$("textarea").on("input",function(e){
        let textarea=$(this);
        let text = textarea.val();
        let target=e.target;
        let position=target.selectionStart;

        let tags=["B","I","U","S","Q",
        "H1","H2","H3","H4","H5","H6",
        "LEFT","CENTER","RIGHT","SUB","SUP",
        "H","HR","CODE","SPOILER","UL","OL","LI"];

        $.each(tags, function(index, tag) {
            tag=tag.toLowerCase();
            let fullTag=":"+tag+":";
            if(textarea.val().toLowerCase().indexOf(fullTag) > -1 ){
                textarea.val(text.replace(fullTag, "["+tag+"]    [/"+tag+"]"));
                target.selectionEnd=position+2;
            }
        });
     });

textarea{
  width:200px;
  height:100px;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea></textarea>

I feel like the answer is simple, I have searched a lot, and I've tried many variations, but I still can't figure it out. What can I try next?

CertainPerformance · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-30 08:31:42Z

1

From the tags array, I'd construct a case-insensitive regular expression instead, and in the replacer function, check the index of the match in the whole string (the last argument) to identify where to set the new selectionEnd:

const tags = ["B", "I", "U", "S", "Q",
  "H1", "H2", "H3", "H4", "H5", "H6",
  "LEFT", "CENTER", "RIGHT", "SUB", "SUP",
  "H", "HR", "CODE", "SPOILER", "UL", "OL", "LI"
];
const pattern = new RegExp(tags.map(tag => `:${tag}:`).join('|'), 'i');
$("textarea").on("input", function(e) {
  let usedIndex = null;
  this.value = this.value.replace(
    pattern,
    (match, index) => {
      const tag = match.match(/\w+/)[0];
      usedIndex = index + tag.length + 4;
      return `[${tag}]    [${tag}]`
    }
  );
  if (usedIndex) {
    this.selectionEnd = usedIndex;
  }
});

textarea {
  width: 200px;
  height: 100px;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea></textarea>

edited Jan 30, 2020 at 8:31

answered Jan 30, 2020 at 8:27

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K. P. Over a year ago

Works great now and managed to implement it. Thank you for the help!

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