[SOLVED] Regex with Arabic expressions

Regex with Arabic expressions

How do I make Javascript ignore the Arabic expression اعراب through Regex? For example I want that و and ؤ be equal and ا آ اَ اِ to be all equal and so on. Please help. Thanks a lot.

Solution

i could suggest using ReplaceAll() with a regex for multiple characters at both result and input.

check the function called rn(name)

e.g:

let input = document.getElementById('search')
let list = document.getElementById('names')

let rn = (name) => {
  return name.replaceAll(/[أإآ]/g, 'ا').replaceAll('ؤ', 'و').replaceAll('ة', 'ه').replaceAll('ى', 'ي')
}

input.addEventListener('keyup', (e) => {
  for (i = 0; i < list.children.length; i++) {
    if (e.target.value && rn(list.children[i].innerText).includes(rn(e.target.value))) list.children[i].style = 'display:block'
    else list.children[i].style = 'display:none'
  }
})

li {
  display: none
}

<input id='search' type='text' list='names' placeholder='Type name..' />
<ul id='names'>
  <li>أحمد</li>
  <li>أيمن</li>
  <li>إبراهيم</li>
  <li>إيمان</li>
  <li>آية</li>
  <li>آيات</li>
  <li>بوسي</li>
  <li>رؤى</li>
  <li>هدى</li>
  <li>يمنى</li>
  <li>سلمى</li>
  <li>شريفة</li>
  <li>ميادة</li>
  <li>تقى</li>
</ul>