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Fuzzy search in JavaScript with results sorted by relevancy

Is there a way in javascript to search against an array and return results based on relevancy, similar to Apache Solr full-text search capabilities?

Example:

var testData = [
  '101',
  '102C',
  '103B',
  'A',
  'BD',
  'AB',
  'A102B',
  'A1',
];
//if search Text is 102
var searchText = "102";
// results would be 102C, A102B

//if search Text is 102B
var searchText = "102B";
// result would be A102B, 102C

//if search Text is A
var searchText = "A";
// result would be A, A1, AB, A102

Related question : stackoverflow.com/questions/5324798/

What is the best way to approach this using JavaScript?

Solution

  • It appears you are looking for fuzzy search functionality that returns results based on relevancy. Take a look at Fuse.js, it provides Solr-like searching against arrays and objects in JavaScript.

    http://fusejs.io