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Test if given string is "fuzzy-found" within a longer string, the "pattern". Thanks Jan Dvorak!
/**
* Test if given string is "fuzzy-found" within a longer string, the "pattern"
* @return {[boolean]} [returns true if src can be "fuzzy-found" within the pattern]
*/
export default function(str, pattern) {
str = str.toLowerCase();
pattern = pattern.toLowerCase();
// Code shamelessly borrowed from Jan Dvorak, you're awesome! http://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/23899/faster-javascript-fuzzy-string-matching-function
pattern = pattern.split("").reduce(function(a,b){ return a+".*"+b; });
return (new RegExp(pattern)).test(str);
}
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