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  1. CASE SENSITIVE EQUALS: Case-sensitive equality trumps all. These will be first. (ex. France would match France, but not france)
  2. EQUALS: Case-insensitive equality (ex. France would match france)
  3. STARTS WITH: If the item starts with the given value (ex. Sou would match South Korea or South Africa)
  4. WORD STARTS WITH: If the item has multiple words, then if one of those words starts with the given value (ex. Repub would match Dominican Republic)
  5. CASE STARTS WITH: If the item has a defined case (camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case or kebab-case), then if one of the parts starts with the given value (ex. kingdom would match unitedKingdom or united_kingdom)
  6. CASE ACRONYM If the item's case matches the synonym (ex. uk would match united-kingdom or UnitedKingdom)
  7. CONTAINS: If the item contains the given word (ex. America would match South America)
  8. ACRONYM: If the item's acronym is the given value (ex. us would match United States)

Notes

  • Searching for "rica" would not bring up "America"
  • The first 4 are particularly important
  • Casing is not particularly important most of the time

Special Searches

  • Different use cases may require additional algorithms. For instance, to handle aliases or unique identifiers.
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