Using RegExp to Create Optimistic Search for an Igbo Dictionary API
I made a Regular Expression-generating utility function for searching Igbo words. I'm using regex is so that if an Igbo word with no accented characters gets passed into an API, it should match with accented words. This makes the search experience more user friendly since it's more optimistic with word results.
This is great for a user because they aren't expected to know how to use accented tonal marks to find the word they're looking for.
But if the user decided to include an accented letter, then that letter doesn't get changed back to a non-accented character by the regex utility function.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:31 Why Use RegExp?
1:24 Replacing Letters with Regex
2:16 What Does the RegExp Look Like?
3:52 Technical Implementation of Regex pattern
5:16 What are Unicodes and normalization?
7:37 How to contribute
Resources:
Some of the most helpful resources I found to learn (and continue learning) about accent marks in Igbo
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2...
http://www.regular-expressions.info/u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_(di...)
http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/sym...
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