Javascript search and display divs with matching keywords

Question

What I\'m looking for:

I\'m working on creating an easy way for a user to search a list of people, and for results to instantly display below the search field. The resul

Answer 1

Split the words in the search string with a regex like

searchString.split(/\W/);

and do a OR search over each of the words in the resulting array.

Updated fiddle

var searchStrings = str_needle.split(/\W/);

for (var i = 0, len = searchStrings.length; i < len; i++) {
    var currentSearch = searchStrings[i].toUpperCase();
    if (currentSearch !== "") {
        nameDivs = document.getElementsByClassName("name");
        for (var j = 0, divsLen = nameDivs.length; j < divsLen; j++) {
            if (nameDivs[j].textContent.toUpperCase().indexOf(currentSearch) !== -1) {
                nameDivs[j].style.display = "block";
            }
        }
    }
}