filter list string based on first character in jquery

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i am using msdropdown jquery. in this, it will filter the li string based on we type. but it search the li string which contains the given search text. search is based on following code:

var items = $("#" + childid + " li:Contains('" + sText + "')").show();

but i need that if i type letter N, it should jump to the list which li have the index of N.
For example, i have a list "apple,banana, cake,dog,elephant,orange,ball,cat,doll,egg"
if i type "e", now it will filter the list as "apple,cake,elephant,orange"

but I need a filter like: "elephant,egg" like this.

Thanks

Posted 23-Mar-15 23:02pm

lalitha19

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Thanks7872 · Answer 1 · 2015-03-23T23:24:00

Solution 1

See this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3715309/how-to-know-that-a-string-starts-ends-with-a-specific-string-in-jquery[^]

Regards..

Posted 23-Mar-15 23:24pm

Thanks7872

Peter Leow · Answer 2 · 2015-03-24T01:12:00

Try to adapt from this example code:

XML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){

    var arr = [ "monkey", "lion", "egg", "tiger", "elephant" ];
    $("button").click(function(){
    $("div").empty();
        var list = "<ul>";

        $.each(arr, function(index, item) {
             var pattern = new RegExp("^"+ $("#txt").val() +".*");
            if (item.match(pattern)){
               list += "<li>"+item+"</li>";
            }
        });
        list += "</ul>";
        $("div").append(list);
    });

});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" value="" id="txt">
<br>
<button type="button">Search</button>
<div></div>

</body>
</html>

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