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/*jslint maxlen:80, browser:true */ /* * Properties used by searchOf and searchLastOf implementation. */ /*property MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, abs, add, apply, call, configurable, defineProperty, enumerable, exec, floor, global, hasOwnProperty, ignoreCase, index, lastIndex, lastIndexOf, length, max, min, multiline, pow, prototype, remove, replace, searchLastOf, searchOf, source, toString, value, writable */ /* * Properties used in the testing of searchOf and searchLastOf implimentation. */ /*property appendChild, createTextNode, getElementById, indexOf, lastIndexOf, length, searchLastOf, searchOf, unshift */ (function () { 'use strict'; var MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || Math.pow(2, 53) - 1, getNativeFlags = new RegExp('\\/([a-z]*)$', 'i'), clipDups = new RegExp('([\\s\\S])(?=[\\s\\S]*\\1)', 'g'), pToString = Object.prototype.toString, pHasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, stringTagRegExp; /** * Defines a new property directly on an object, or modifies an existing * property on an object, and returns the object. * * @private * @function * @param {Object} object * @param {string} property * @param {Object} descriptor * @returns {Object} * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty */ function $defineProperty(object, property, descriptor) { if (Object.defineProperty) { Object.defineProperty(object, property, descriptor); } else { object[property] = descriptor.value; } return object; } /** * Returns true if the operands are strictly equal with no type conversion. * * @private * @function * @param {*} a * @param {*} b * @returns {boolean} * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.9.4 */ function $strictEqual(a, b) { return a === b; } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is undefined. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isUndefined(inputArg) { return $strictEqual(typeof inputArg, 'undefined'); } /** * Provides a string representation of the supplied object in the form * "[object type]", where type is the object type. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object for which a class string represntation * is required. * @returns {string} A string value of the form "[object type]". * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-15.2.4.2 */ function $toStringTag(inputArg) { var val; if (inputArg === null) { val = '[object Null]'; } else if ($isUndefined(inputArg)) { val = '[object Undefined]'; } else { val = pToString.call(inputArg); } return val; } /** * The string tag representation of a RegExp object. * * @private * @type {string} */ stringTagRegExp = $toStringTag(getNativeFlags); /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a RegExp. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isRegExp(inputArg) { return $toStringTag(inputArg) === stringTagRegExp && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'ignoreCase') && typeof inputArg.ignoreCase === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'global') && typeof inputArg.global === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'multiline') && typeof inputArg.multiline === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'source') && typeof inputArg.source === 'string'; } /** * The abstract operation throws an error if its argument is a value that * cannot be converted to an Object, otherwise returns the argument. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be tested. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {*} The inputArg if coercible. * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-requireobjectcoercible */ function $requireObjectCoercible(inputArg) { var errStr; if (inputArg === null || $isUndefined(inputArg)) { errStr = 'Cannot convert argument to object: ' + inputArg; throw new TypeError(errStr); } return inputArg; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type string * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {string} * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tostring */ function $toString(inputArg) { var type, val; if (inputArg === null) { val = 'null'; } else { type = typeof inputArg; if (type === 'string') { val = inputArg; } else if (type === 'undefined') { val = type; } else { if (type === 'symbol') { throw new TypeError('Cannot convert symbol to string'); } val = String(inputArg); } } return val; } /** * Returns a string only if the arguments is coercible otherwise throws an * error. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {string} */ function $onlyCoercibleToString(inputArg) { return $toString($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg)); } /** * The function evaluates the passed value and converts it to an integer. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to an integer. * @returns {number} If the target value is NaN, null or undefined, 0 is * returned. If the target value is false, 0 is returned * and if true, 1 is returned. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.4 */ function $toInteger(inputArg) { var number = +inputArg, val = 0; if ($strictEqual(number, number)) { if (!number || number === Infinity || number === -Infinity) { val = number; } else { val = (number > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(number)); } } return val; } /** * Copies a regex object. Allows adding and removing native flags while * copying the regex. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @param {Object} [options] Allows specifying native flags to add or * remove while copying the regex. * @returns {RegExp} Copy of the provided regex, possibly with modified * flags. */ function $copyRegExp(regex, options) { var flags, opts, rx; if (options !== null && typeof options === 'object') { opts = options; } else { opts = {}; } // Get native flags in use flags = getNativeFlags.exec($toString(regex))[1]; flags = $onlyCoercibleToString(flags); if (opts.add) { flags += opts.add; flags = flags.replace(clipDups, ''); } if (opts.remove) { // Would need to escape `options.remove` if this was public rx = new RegExp('[' + opts.remove + ']+', 'g'); flags = flags.replace(rx, ''); } return new RegExp(regex.source, flags); } /** * The abstract operation ToLength converts its argument to an integer * suitable for use as the length of an array-like object. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to a length. * @returns {number} If len <= +0 then +0 else if len is +INFINITY then * 2^53-1 else min(len, 2^53-1). * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tolength */ function $toLength(inputArg) { return Math.min(Math.max($toInteger(inputArg), 0), MAX_SAFE_INTEGER); } /** * Copies a regex object so that it is suitable for use with searchOf and * searchLastOf methods. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @returns {RegExp} */ function $toSearchRegExp(regex) { return $copyRegExp(regex, { add: 'g', remove: 'y' }); } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a member of one of the types * Undefined, Null, Boolean, Number, Symbol, or String. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} * @see https://goo.gl/W68ywJ * @see https://goo.gl/ev7881 */ function $isPrimitive(inputArg) { var type = typeof inputArg; return type === 'undefined' || inputArg === null || type === 'boolean' || type === 'string' || type === 'number' || type === 'symbol'; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type Object * but fixes some environment bugs. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The argument to be converted to an object. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is not coercible to an object. * @returns {Object} Value of inputArg as type Object. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.9 */ function $toObject(inputArg) { var object; if ($isPrimitive($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg))) { object = Object(inputArg); } else { object = inputArg; } return object; } /** * Converts a single argument that is an array-like object or list (eg. * arguments, NodeList, DOMTokenList (used by classList), NamedNodeMap * (used by attributes property)) into a new Array() and returns it. * This is a partial implementation of the ES6 Array.from * * @private * @function * @param {Object} arrayLike * @returns {Array} */ function $toArray(arrayLike) { var object = $toObject(arrayLike), length = $toLength(object.length), array = [], index = 0; array.length = length; while (index < length) { array[index] = object[index]; index += 1; } return array; } if (!String.prototype.searchOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at * fromIndex. Returns -1 if the value is not found. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The location within the calling string * to start the search from. It can be any * integer. The default value is 0. If * fromIndex < 0 the entire string is * searched (same as passing 0). If * fromIndex >= str.length, the method will * return -1 unless searchValue is an empty * string in which case str.length is * returned. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), args = $toArray(arguments), result = -1, fromIndex, match, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.indexOf.apply(str, args); } if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) { fromIndex = +args[1]; if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = 0; } } else { fromIndex = 0; } if (fromIndex >= $toLength(str.length)) { return result; } rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); rx.lastIndex = fromIndex; match = rx.exec(str); if (match) { result = +match.index; } return result; } }); } if (!String.prototype.searchLastOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found. * The calling string is searched backward, starting at fromIndex. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] Optional. The location within the * calling string to start the search at, * indexed from left to right. It can be * any integer. The default value is * str.length. If it is negative, it is * treated as 0. If fromIndex > str.length, * fromIndex is treated as str.length. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchLastOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), args = $toArray(arguments), result = -1, fromIndex, length, match, pos, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.lastIndexOf.apply(str, args); } length = $toLength(str.length); if (!$strictEqual(args[1], args[1])) { fromIndex = length; } else { if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) { fromIndex = $toInteger(args[1]); } else { fromIndex = length - 1; } } if (fromIndex >= 0) { fromIndex = Math.min(fromIndex, length - 1); } else { fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex); } pos = 0; rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); while (pos <= fromIndex) { rx.lastIndex = pos; match = rx.exec(str); if (!match) { break; } pos = +match.index; if (pos <= fromIndex) { result = pos; } pos += 1; } return result; } }); } }()); (function () { 'use strict'; /* * testing as follow to make sure that at least for one character regexp, * the result is the same as if we used indexOf */ var pre = document.getElementById('out'); function log(result) { pre.appendChild(document.createTextNode(result + '\n')); } function test(str) { var i = str.length + 2, r, a, b; while (i) { a = str.indexOf('a', i); b = str.searchOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); a = str.lastIndexOf('a', i); b = str.searchLastOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchLastOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); i -= 1; } } /* * Look for the a among the xes */ test('xxx'); test('axx'); test('xax'); test('xxa'); test('axa'); test('xaa'); test('aax'); test('aaa'); }());

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/*jslint maxlen:80, browser:true */ /* * Properties used by searchOf and searchLastOf implementation. */ /*property MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, abs, add, apply, call, configurable, defineProperty, enumerable, exec, floor, global, hasOwnProperty, ignoreCase, index, lastIndex, lastIndexOf, length, max, min, multiline, pow, prototype, remove, replace, searchLastOf, searchOf, source, toString, value, writable */ /* * Properties used in the testing of searchOf and searchLastOf implimentation. */ /*property appendChild, createTextNode, getElementById, indexOf, lastIndexOf, length, searchLastOf, searchOf, unshift */ (function () { 'use strict'; var MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || Math.pow(2, 53) - 1, getNativeFlags = new RegExp('\\/([a-z]*)$', 'i'), clipDups = new RegExp('([\\s\\S])(?=[\\s\\S]*\\1)', 'g'), pToString = Object.prototype.toString, pHasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, stringTagRegExp; /** * Defines a new property directly on an object, or modifies an existing * property on an object, and returns the object. * * @private * @function * @param {Object} object * @param {string} property * @param {Object} descriptor * @returns {Object} * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty */ function $defineProperty(object, property, descriptor) { if (Object.defineProperty) { Object.defineProperty(object, property, descriptor); } else { object[property] = descriptor.value; } return object; } /** * Returns true if the operands are strictly equal with no type conversion. * * @private * @function * @param {*} a * @param {*} b * @returns {boolean} * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.9.4 */ function $strictEqual(a, b) { return a === b; } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is undefined. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isUndefined(inputArg) { return $strictEqual(typeof inputArg, 'undefined'); } /** * Provides a string representation of the supplied object in the form * "[object type]", where type is the object type. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object for which a class string represntation * is required. * @returns {string} A string value of the form "[object type]". * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-15.2.4.2 */ function $toStringTag(inputArg) { var val; if (inputArg === null) { val = '[object Null]'; } else if ($isUndefined(inputArg)) { val = '[object Undefined]'; } else { val = pToString.call(inputArg); } return val; } /** * The string tag representation of a RegExp object. * * @private * @type {string} */ stringTagRegExp = $toStringTag(getNativeFlags); /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a RegExp. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isRegExp(inputArg) { return $toStringTag(inputArg) === stringTagRegExp && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'ignoreCase') && typeof inputArg.ignoreCase === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'global') && typeof inputArg.global === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'multiline') && typeof inputArg.multiline === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'source') && typeof inputArg.source === 'string'; } /** * The abstract operation throws an error if its argument is a value that * cannot be converted to an Object, otherwise returns the argument. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be tested. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {*} The inputArg if coercible. * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-requireobjectcoercible */ function $requireObjectCoercible(inputArg) { var errStr; if (inputArg === null || $isUndefined(inputArg)) { errStr = 'Cannot convert argument to object: ' + inputArg; throw new TypeError(errStr); } return inputArg; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type string * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {string} * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tostring */ function $toString(inputArg) { var type, val; if (inputArg === null) { val = 'null'; } else { type = typeof inputArg; if (type === 'string') { val = inputArg; } else if (type === 'undefined') { val = type; } else { if (type === 'symbol') { throw new TypeError('Cannot convert symbol to string'); } val = String(inputArg); } } return val; } /** * Returns a string only if the arguments is coercible otherwise throws an * error. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {string} */ function $onlyCoercibleToString(inputArg) { return $toString($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg)); } /** * The function evaluates the passed value and converts it to an integer. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to an integer. * @returns {number} If the target value is NaN, null or undefined, 0 is * returned. If the target value is false, 0 is returned * and if true, 1 is returned. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.4 */ function $toInteger(inputArg) { var number = +inputArg, val = 0; if ($strictEqual(number, number)) { if (!number || number === Infinity || number === -Infinity) { val = number; } else { val = (number > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(number)); } } return val; } /** * Copies a regex object. Allows adding and removing native flags while * copying the regex. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @param {Object} [options] Allows specifying native flags to add or * remove while copying the regex. * @returns {RegExp} Copy of the provided regex, possibly with modified * flags. */ function $copyRegExp(regex, options) { var flags, opts, rx; if (options !== null && typeof options === 'object') { opts = options; } else { opts = {}; } // Get native flags in use flags = getNativeFlags.exec($toString(regex))[1]; flags = $onlyCoercibleToString(flags); if (opts.add) { flags += opts.add; flags = flags.replace(clipDups, ''); } if (opts.remove) { // Would need to escape `options.remove` if this was public rx = new RegExp('[' + opts.remove + ']+', 'g'); flags = flags.replace(rx, ''); } return new RegExp(regex.source, flags); } /** * The abstract operation ToLength converts its argument to an integer * suitable for use as the length of an array-like object. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to a length. * @returns {number} If len <= +0 then +0 else if len is +INFINITY then * 2^53-1 else min(len, 2^53-1). * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tolength */ function $toLength(inputArg) { return Math.min(Math.max($toInteger(inputArg), 0), MAX_SAFE_INTEGER); } /** * Copies a regex object so that it is suitable for use with searchOf and * searchLastOf methods. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @returns {RegExp} */ function $toSearchRegExp(regex) { return $copyRegExp(regex, { add: 'g', remove: 'y' }); } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a member of one of the types * Undefined, Null, Boolean, Number, Symbol, or String. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} * @see https://stackoverflow.com/q/273789 */ function $isPrimitive(inputArg) { var type = typeof inputArg; return type === 'undefined' || inputArg === null || type === 'boolean' || type === 'string' || type === 'number' || type === 'symbol'; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type Object * but fixes some environment bugs. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The argument to be converted to an object. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is not coercible to an object. * @returns {Object} Value of inputArg as type Object. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.9 */ function $toObject(inputArg) { var object; if ($isPrimitive($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg))) { object = Object(inputArg); } else { object = inputArg; } return object; } /** * Converts a single argument that is an array-like object or list (eg. * arguments, NodeList, DOMTokenList (used by classList), NamedNodeMap * (used by attributes property)) into a new Array() and returns it. * This is a partial implementation of the ES6 Array.from * * @private * @function * @param {Object} arrayLike * @returns {Array} */ function $toArray(arrayLike) { var object = $toObject(arrayLike), length = $toLength(object.length), array = [], index = 0; array.length = length; while (index < length) { array[index] = object[index]; index += 1; } return array; } if (!String.prototype.searchOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at * fromIndex. Returns -1 if the value is not found. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The location within the calling string * to start the search from. It can be any * integer. The default value is 0. If * fromIndex < 0 the entire string is * searched (same as passing 0). If * fromIndex >= str.length, the method will * return -1 unless searchValue is an empty * string in which case str.length is * returned. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), args = $toArray(arguments), result = -1, fromIndex, match, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.indexOf.apply(str, args); } if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) { fromIndex = +args[1]; if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = 0; } } else { fromIndex = 0; } if (fromIndex >= $toLength(str.length)) { return result; } rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); rx.lastIndex = fromIndex; match = rx.exec(str); if (match) { result = +match.index; } return result; } }); } if (!String.prototype.searchLastOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found. * The calling string is searched backward, starting at fromIndex. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] Optional. The location within the * calling string to start the search at, * indexed from left to right. It can be * any integer. The default value is * str.length. If it is negative, it is * treated as 0. If fromIndex > str.length, * fromIndex is treated as str.length. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchLastOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), args = $toArray(arguments), result = -1, fromIndex, length, match, pos, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.lastIndexOf.apply(str, args); } length = $toLength(str.length); if (!$strictEqual(args[1], args[1])) { fromIndex = length; } else { if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) { fromIndex = $toInteger(args[1]); } else { fromIndex = length - 1; } } if (fromIndex >= 0) { fromIndex = Math.min(fromIndex, length - 1); } else { fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex); } pos = 0; rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); while (pos <= fromIndex) { rx.lastIndex = pos; match = rx.exec(str); if (!match) { break; } pos = +match.index; if (pos <= fromIndex) { result = pos; } pos += 1; } return result; } }); } }()); (function () { 'use strict'; /* * testing as follow to make sure that at least for one character regexp, * the result is the same as if we used indexOf */ var pre = document.getElementById('out'); function log(result) { pre.appendChild(document.createTextNode(result + '\n')); } function test(str) { var i = str.length + 2, r, a, b; while (i) { a = str.indexOf('a', i); b = str.searchOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); a = str.lastIndexOf('a', i); b = str.searchLastOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchLastOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); i -= 1; } } /* * Look for the a among the xes */ test('xxx'); test('axx'); test('xax'); test('xxa'); test('axa'); test('xaa'); test('aax'); test('aaa'); }());

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/*jslint maxlen:80, browser:true */ /* * Properties used by searchOf and searchLastOf implementation. */ /*property MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, abs, add, apply, call, configurable, defineProperty, enumerable, exec, floor, global, hasOwnProperty, ignoreCase, index, lastIndex, lastIndexOf, length, max, min, multiline, pow, prototype, remove, replace, searchLastOf, searchOf, source, toString, value, writable */ /* * Properties used in the testing of searchOf and searchLastOf implimentation. */ /*property appendChild, createTextNode, getElementById, indexOf, lastIndexOf, length, searchLastOf, searchOf, unshift */ (function () { 'use strict'; var MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || Math.pow(2, 53) - 1, getNativeFlags = new RegExp('\\/([a-z]*)$', 'i'), clipDups = new RegExp('([\\s\\S])(?=[\\s\\S]*\\1)', 'g'), pToString = Object.prototype.toString, pHasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, stringTagRegExp; /** * Defines a new property directly on an object, or modifies an existing * property on an object, and returns the object. * * @private * @function * @param {Object} object * @param {string} property * @param {Object} descriptor * @returns {Object} * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty */ function $defineProperty(object, property, descriptor) { if (Object.defineProperty) { Object.defineProperty(object, property, descriptor); } else { object[property] = descriptor.value; } return object; } /** * Returns true if the operands are strictly equal with no type conversion. * * @private * @function * @param {*} a * @param {*} b * @returns {boolean} * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.9.4 */ function $strictEqual(a, b) { return a === b; } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is undefined. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isUndefined(inputArg) { return $strictEqual(typeof inputArg, 'undefined'); } /** * Provides a string representation of the supplied object in the form * "[object type]", where type is the object type. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object for which a class string represntation * is required. * @returns {string} A string value of the form "[object type]". * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-15.2.4.2 */ function $toStringTag(inputArg) { var val; if (inputArg === null) { val = '[object Null]'; } else if ($isUndefined(inputArg)) { val = '[object Undefined]'; } else { val = pToString.call(inputArg); } return val; } /** * The string tag representation of a RegExp object. * * @private * @type {string} */ stringTagRegExp = $toStringTag(getNativeFlags); /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a RegExp. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isRegExp(inputArg) { return $toStringTag(inputArg) === stringTagRegExp && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'ignoreCase') && typeof inputArg.ignoreCase === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'global') && typeof inputArg.global === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'multiline') && typeof inputArg.multiline === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'source') && typeof inputArg.source === 'string'; } /** * The abstract operation throws an error if its argument is a value that * cannot be converted to an Object, otherwise returns the argument. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be tested. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {*} The inputArg if coercible. * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-requireobjectcoercible */ function $requireObjectCoercible(inputArg) { var errStr; if (inputArg === null || $isUndefined(inputArg)) { errStr = 'Cannot convert argument to object: ' + inputArg; throw new TypeError(errStr); } return inputArg; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type string * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {string} * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tostring */ function $toString(inputArg) { var type, val; if (inputArg === null) { val = 'null'; } else { type = typeof inputArg; if (type === 'string') { val = inputArg; } else if (type === 'undefined') { val = type; } else { if (type === 'symbol') { throw new TypeError('Cannot convert symbol to string'); } val = String(inputArg); } } return val; } /** * Returns a string only if the arguments is coercible otherwise throws an * error. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {string} */ function $onlyCoercibleToString(inputArg) { return $toString($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg)); } /** * The function evaluates the passed value and converts it to an integer. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to an integer. * @returns {number} If the target value is NaN, null or undefined, 0 is * returned. If the target value is false, 0 is returned * and if true, 1 is returned. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.4 */ function $toInteger(inputArg) { var number = +inputArg, val = 0; if ($strictEqual(number, number)) { if (!number || number === Infinity || number === -Infinity) { val = number; } else { val = (number > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(number)); } } return val; } /** * Copies a regex object. Allows adding and removing native flags while * copying the regex. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @param {Object} [options] Allows specifying native flags to add or * remove while copying the regex. * @returns {RegExp} Copy of the provided regex, possibly with modified * flags. */ function $copyRegExp(regex, options) { var flags, opts, rx; if (options !== null && typeof options === 'object') { opts = options; } else { opts = {}; } // Get native flags in use flags = getNativeFlags.exec($toString(regex))[1]; flags = $onlyCoercibleToString(flags); if (opts.add) { flags += opts.add; flags = flags.replace(clipDups, ''); } if (opts.remove) { // Would need to escape `options.remove` if this was public rx = new RegExp('[' + opts.remove + ']+', 'g'); flags = flags.replace(rx, ''); } return new RegExp(regex.source, flags); } /** * The abstract operation ToLength converts its argument to an integer * suitable for use as the length of an array-like object. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to a length. * @returns {number} If len <= +0 then +0 else if len is +INFINITY then * 2^53-1 else min(len, 2^53-1). * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tolength */ function $toLength(inputArg) { return Math.min(Math.max($toInteger(inputArg), 0), MAX_SAFE_INTEGER); } /** * Copies a regex object so that it is suitable for use with searchOf and * searchLastOf methods. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @returns {RegExp} */ function $toSearchRegExp(regex) { return $copyRegExp(regex, { add: 'g', remove: 'y' }); } if (!String.prototype.searchOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at * fromIndex. Returns -1 if the value is not found. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The location within the calling string * to start the search from. It can be any * integer. The default value is 0. If * fromIndex < 0 the entire string is * searched (same as passing 0). If * fromIndex >= str.length, the method will * return -1 unless searchValue is an empty * string in which case str.length is * returned. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), result = -1, fromIndex, match, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.indexOf.apply(str, arguments); } if ($toLength(arguments.length) > 1) { fromIndex = +arguments[1]; if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = 0; } } else { fromIndex = 0; } if (fromIndex >= $toLength(str.length)) { return result; } rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); rx.lastIndex = fromIndex; match = rx.exec(str); if (match) { result = +match.index; } return result; } }); } if (!String.prototype.searchLastOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found. * The calling string is searched backward, starting at fromIndex. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] Optional. The location within the * calling string to start the search at, * indexed from left to right. It can be * any integer. The default value is * str.length. If it is negative, it is * treated as 0. If fromIndex > str.length, * fromIndex is treated as str.length. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchLastOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), result = -1,  arg1, numPos,  fromIndex, length, match, pos, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.lastIndexOf.apply(str, arguments); }  arg1 = arguments[1]; numPos = +arg1;  length = $toLength(str.length); if (!$strictEqual(numPos, numPos)) { fromIndex = length; } else { if ($toLength(arguments.length) > 1) { fromIndex = $toInteger(arg1); } else { fromIndex = length - 1; } } if (fromIndex >= 0) { fromIndex = Math.min(fromIndex, length - 1); } else { fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex); } pos = 0; rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); while (pos <= fromIndex) { rx.lastIndex = pos; match = rx.exec(str); if (!match) { break; } pos = +match.index; if (pos <= fromIndex) { result = pos; } pos += 1; } return result; } }); } }()); (function () { 'use strict'; /* * testing as follow to make sure that at least for one character regexp, * the result is the same as if we used indexOf */ var pre = document.getElementById('out'); function log(result) { pre.appendChild(document.createTextNode(result + '\n')); } function test(str) { var i = str.length + 2, r, a, b; while (i) { a = str.indexOf('a', i); b = str.searchOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); a = str.lastIndexOf('a', i); b = str.searchLastOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchLastOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); i -= 1; } } /* * Look for the a among the xes */ test('xxx'); test('axx'); test('xax'); test('xxa'); test('axa'); test('xaa'); test('aax'); test('aaa'); }());

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/*jslint maxlen:80, browser:true */ /* * Properties used by searchOf and searchLastOf implementation. */ /*property MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, abs, add, apply, call, configurable, defineProperty, enumerable, exec, floor, global, hasOwnProperty, ignoreCase, index, lastIndex, lastIndexOf, length, max, min, multiline, pow, prototype, remove, replace, searchLastOf, searchOf, source, toString, value, writable */ /* * Properties used in the testing of searchOf and searchLastOf implimentation. */ /*property appendChild, createTextNode, getElementById, indexOf, lastIndexOf, length, searchLastOf, searchOf, unshift */ (function () { 'use strict'; var MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || Math.pow(2, 53) - 1, getNativeFlags = new RegExp('\\/([a-z]*)$', 'i'), clipDups = new RegExp('([\\s\\S])(?=[\\s\\S]*\\1)', 'g'), pToString = Object.prototype.toString, pHasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, stringTagRegExp; /** * Defines a new property directly on an object, or modifies an existing * property on an object, and returns the object. * * @private * @function * @param {Object} object * @param {string} property * @param {Object} descriptor * @returns {Object} * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty */ function $defineProperty(object, property, descriptor) { if (Object.defineProperty) { Object.defineProperty(object, property, descriptor); } else { object[property] = descriptor.value; } return object; } /** * Returns true if the operands are strictly equal with no type conversion. * * @private * @function * @param {*} a * @param {*} b * @returns {boolean} * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.9.4 */ function $strictEqual(a, b) { return a === b; } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is undefined. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isUndefined(inputArg) { return $strictEqual(typeof inputArg, 'undefined'); } /** * Provides a string representation of the supplied object in the form * "[object type]", where type is the object type. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object for which a class string represntation * is required. * @returns {string} A string value of the form "[object type]". * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-15.2.4.2 */ function $toStringTag(inputArg) { var val; if (inputArg === null) { val = '[object Null]'; } else if ($isUndefined(inputArg)) { val = '[object Undefined]'; } else { val = pToString.call(inputArg); } return val; } /** * The string tag representation of a RegExp object. * * @private * @type {string} */ stringTagRegExp = $toStringTag(getNativeFlags); /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a RegExp. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isRegExp(inputArg) { return $toStringTag(inputArg) === stringTagRegExp && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'ignoreCase') && typeof inputArg.ignoreCase === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'global') && typeof inputArg.global === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'multiline') && typeof inputArg.multiline === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'source') && typeof inputArg.source === 'string'; } /** * The abstract operation throws an error if its argument is a value that * cannot be converted to an Object, otherwise returns the argument. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be tested. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {*} The inputArg if coercible. * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-requireobjectcoercible */ function $requireObjectCoercible(inputArg) { var errStr; if (inputArg === null || $isUndefined(inputArg)) { errStr = 'Cannot convert argument to object: ' + inputArg; throw new TypeError(errStr); } return inputArg; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type string * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {string} * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tostring */ function $toString(inputArg) { var type, val; if (inputArg === null) { val = 'null'; } else { type = typeof inputArg; if (type === 'string') { val = inputArg; } else if (type === 'undefined') { val = type; } else { if (type === 'symbol') { throw new TypeError('Cannot convert symbol to string'); } val = String(inputArg); } } return val; } /** * Returns a string only if the arguments is coercible otherwise throws an * error. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {string} */ function $onlyCoercibleToString(inputArg) { return $toString($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg)); } /** * The function evaluates the passed value and converts it to an integer. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to an integer. * @returns {number} If the target value is NaN, null or undefined, 0 is * returned. If the target value is false, 0 is returned * and if true, 1 is returned. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.4 */ function $toInteger(inputArg) { var number = +inputArg, val = 0; if ($strictEqual(number, number)) { if (!number || number === Infinity || number === -Infinity) { val = number; } else { val = (number > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(number)); } } return val; } /** * Copies a regex object. Allows adding and removing native flags while * copying the regex. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @param {Object} [options] Allows specifying native flags to add or * remove while copying the regex. * @returns {RegExp} Copy of the provided regex, possibly with modified * flags. */ function $copyRegExp(regex, options) { var flags, opts, rx; if (options !== null && typeof options === 'object') { opts = options; } else { opts = {}; } // Get native flags in use flags = getNativeFlags.exec($toString(regex))[1]; flags = $onlyCoercibleToString(flags); if (opts.add) { flags += opts.add; flags = flags.replace(clipDups, ''); } if (opts.remove) { // Would need to escape `options.remove` if this was public rx = new RegExp('[' + opts.remove + ']+', 'g'); flags = flags.replace(rx, ''); } return new RegExp(regex.source, flags); } /** * The abstract operation ToLength converts its argument to an integer * suitable for use as the length of an array-like object. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to a length. * @returns {number} If len <= +0 then +0 else if len is +INFINITY then * 2^53-1 else min(len, 2^53-1). * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tolength */ function $toLength(inputArg) { return Math.min(Math.max($toInteger(inputArg), 0), MAX_SAFE_INTEGER); } /** * Copies a regex object so that it is suitable for use with searchOf and * searchLastOf methods. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @returns {RegExp} */ function $toSearchRegExp(regex) { return $copyRegExp(regex, { add: 'g', remove: 'y' }); }  /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a member of one of the types * Undefined, Null, Boolean, Number, Symbol, or String. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} * @see https://goo.gl/W68ywJ * @see https://goo.gl/ev7881 */ function $isPrimitive(inputArg) { var type = typeof inputArg; return type === 'undefined' || inputArg === null || type === 'boolean' || type === 'string' || type === 'number' || type === 'symbol'; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type Object * but fixes some environment bugs. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The argument to be converted to an object. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is not coercible to an object. * @returns {Object} Value of inputArg as type Object. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.9 */ function $toObject(inputArg) { var object; if ($isPrimitive($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg))) { object = Object(inputArg); } else { object = inputArg; } return object; } /** * Converts a single argument that is an array-like object or list (eg. * arguments, NodeList, DOMTokenList (used by classList), NamedNodeMap * (used by attributes property)) into a new Array() and returns it. * This is a partial implementation of the ES6 Array.from * * @private * @function * @param {Object} arrayLike * @returns {Array} */ function $toArray(arrayLike) { var object = $toObject(arrayLike), length = $toLength(object.length), array = [], index = 0; array.length = length; while (index < length) { array[index] = object[index]; index += 1; } return array; }  if (!String.prototype.searchOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at * fromIndex. Returns -1 if the value is not found. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The location within the calling string * to start the search from. It can be any * integer. The default value is 0. If * fromIndex < 0 the entire string is * searched (same as passing 0). If * fromIndex >= str.length, the method will * return -1 unless searchValue is an empty * string in which case str.length is * returned. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this),  args = $toArray(arguments),  result = -1, fromIndex, match, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.indexOf.apply(str, args); } if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) { fromIndex = +args[1]; if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = 0; } } else { fromIndex = 0; } if (fromIndex >= $toLength(str.length)) { return result; } rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); rx.lastIndex = fromIndex; match = rx.exec(str); if (match) { result = +match.index; } return result; } }); } if (!String.prototype.searchLastOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found. * The calling string is searched backward, starting at fromIndex. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] Optional. The location within the * calling string to start the search at, * indexed from left to right. It can be * any integer. The default value is * str.length. If it is negative, it is * treated as 0. If fromIndex > str.length, * fromIndex is treated as str.length. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchLastOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this),  args = $toArray(arguments),  result = -1, fromIndex, length, match, pos, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.lastIndexOf.apply(str, args); } length = $toLength(str.length); if (!$strictEqual(args[1], args[1])) { fromIndex = length; } else { if ($toLength(args.length) > 1) { fromIndex = $toInteger(args[1]); } else { fromIndex = length - 1; } } if (fromIndex >= 0) { fromIndex = Math.min(fromIndex, length - 1); } else { fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex); } pos = 0; rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex); while (pos <= fromIndex) { rx.lastIndex = pos; match = rx.exec(str); if (!match) { break; } pos = +match.index; if (pos <= fromIndex) { result = pos; } pos += 1; } return result; } }); } }()); (function () { 'use strict'; /* * testing as follow to make sure that at least for one character regexp, * the result is the same as if we used indexOf */ var pre = document.getElementById('out'); function log(result) { pre.appendChild(document.createTextNode(result + '\n')); } function test(str) { var i = str.length + 2, r, a, b; while (i) { a = str.indexOf('a', i); b = str.searchOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); a = str.lastIndexOf('a', i); b = str.searchLastOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchLastOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); i -= 1; } } /* * Look for the a among the xes */ test('xxx'); test('axx'); test('xax'); test('xxa'); test('axa'); test('xaa'); test('aax'); test('aaa'); }());

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/*jslint maxlen:80, browser:true */ /* * Properties used by searchOf and searchLastOf implementation. */ /*property MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, abs, add, call, configurable, defineProperty, enumerable, exec, floor, index, lastIndex, length, max, min, pow, prototype, remove, replace, searchLastOf, searchOf, source, toString, value, writable */ /* * Properties used in the testing of searchOf and searchLastOf implimentation. */ /*property appendChild, createTextNode, getElementById, indexOf, lastIndexOf, length, searchLastOf, searchOf, unshift */ (function () { 'use strict'; var MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || Math.pow(2, 53) - 1,  $String = String,  getNativeFlags = new RegExp('\\/([a-z]*)$', 'i'), clipDups = new RegExp('([\\s\\S])(?=[\\s\\S]*\\1)', 'g'); /** * Defines a new property directly on an object, or modifies an existing * property on an object, and returns the object. * * @private * @function * @param {Object} object * @param {string} property * @param {Object} descriptor * @returns {Object} * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty */ function $defineProperty(object, property, descriptor) { if (Object.defineProperty) { Object.defineProperty(object, property, descriptor); } else { object[property] = descriptor.value; } return object; } /** * Returns true if the operands are strictly equal with no type conversion. * * @private * @function * @param {*} a * @param {*} b * @returns {boolean} * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.9.4 */ function $strictEqual(a, b) { return a === b; } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is undefined. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isUndefined(inputArg) { return $strictEqual(typeof inputArg, 'undefined'); } /** * The abstract operation throws an error if its argument is a value that * cannot be converted to an Object, otherwise returns the argument. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be tested. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {*} The inputArg if coercible. * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-requireobjectcoercible */ function $requireObjectCoercible(inputArg) { var errStr; if (inputArg === null || $isUndefined(inputArg)) { errStr = 'Cannot convert argument to object: ' + inputArg; throw new TypeError(errStr); } return inputArg; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type string * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {string} * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tostring */ function $toString(inputArg) { var type, val; if (inputArg === null) { val = 'null'; } else { type = typeof inputArg; if (type === 'string') { val = inputArg; } else if (type === 'undefined') { val = type; } else { if (type === 'symbol') { throw new TypeError('Cannot convert symbol to string'); } val = $String(inputArg); } } return val; } /** * Returns a string only if the arguments is coercible otherwise throws an * error. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {string} */ function $onlyCoercibleToString(inputArg) { return $toString($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg)); } /** * The function evaluates the passed value and converts it to an integer. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to an integer. * @returns {number} If the target value is NaN, null or undefined, 0 is * returned. If the target value is false, 0 is returned * and if true, 1 is returned. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.4 */ function $toInteger(inputArg) { var number = +inputArg, val = 0; if ($strictEqual(number, number)) { if (!number || number === Infinity || number === -Infinity) { val = number; } else { val = (number > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(number)); } } return val; } /** * Copies a regex object. Allows adding and removing native flags while * copying the regex. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @param {Object} [options] Allows specifying native flags to add or * remove while copying the regex. * @returns {RegExp} Copy of the provided regex, possibly with modified * flags. */ function $copyRegExp(regex, options) { var flags, opts, rx; if (options !== null && typeof options === 'object') { opts = options; } else { opts = {}; } // Get native flags in use flags = getNativeFlags.exec($toString(regex))[1]; flags = $onlyCoercibleToString(flags); if (opts.add) { flags += opts.add; flags = flags.replace(clipDups, ''); } if (opts.remove) { // Would need to escape `options.remove` if this was public rx = new RegExp('[' + opts.remove + ']+', 'g'); flags = flags.replace(rx, ''); } return new RegExp(regex.source, flags); } /** * The abstract operation ToLength converts its argument to an integer * suitable for use as the length of an array-like object. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to a length. * @returns {number} If len <= +0 then +0 else if len is +INFINITY then * 2^53-1 else min(len, 2^53-1). * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tolength */ function $toLength(inputArg) { return Math.min(Math.max($toInteger(inputArg), 0), MAX_SAFE_INTEGER); } /** * Copies a regex object or creates a new regex object from the supplied * argument that is suitable for use with searchOf and searchLastOf methods. * * @private * @function * @param {*} regex Regex to copy or create from. * @returns {RegExp} */ function $toSearchRegExp(regex) { var rx; if (Object.prototype.toString.call(regex) === '[object RegExp]') { rx = $copyRegExp(regex, {   add: 'g',   remove: 'y' }); } else { rx = new RegExp(regex, 'g'); } return rx; } if (!String.prototype.searchOf) { /** * Executes a search for a match between a regular expression and this * String object, with optional starting position. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object. If a *  non-RegExp object obj is passed, it is *  implicitly converted to a RegExp by *  using new RegExp(obj). * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The index to start the search at. If the *  index is greater than or equal to the  * string's length, -1 is returned, which * means the string will not be searched. * If the provided index value is a * negative number, it is taken as the * offset from the end of the string.  * * Note: if the provided index is negative, * the arstringray is still searched from * front to back. If the calculated index *  is less than 0, then the whole string *  will be searched.  * * Default: 0 (entire string is searched). * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this),  length = $toLength(str.length), rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex),  result = -1, fromIndex, match; if ($toLength(arguments.length) > 1) { fromIndex = +arguments[1]; } else { fromIndex = 0; } if (fromIndex < length) { if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex); if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = 0;   }  } } rx.lastIndex = fromIndex; match = rx.exec(str); if (match) { result = +match.index; } return result; } }); } if (!String.prototype.searchLastOf) { /** * Executes a search for the last occurrence for a match between a * regular expression and this String object, with optional starting * position. The calling string is searched backward, starting at * fromIndex. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object. If a *  non-RegExp object obj is passed, it is *  implicitly converted to a RegExp by *  using new RegExp(obj). * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The index to start the search at. If the *  index is greater than or equal to the * string's length, -1 is returned, which *  means the string will not be searched. *  If the provided index value is a * negative number, it is taken as the * offset from the end of the string.  * *  Note: if the provided index is negative, *  the string is still searched from *  front to back. If the calculated index *  is less than 0, then the whole string * will be searched.  * * Default: 0 (entire string is searched). * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchLastOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this),  length = $toLength(str.length), rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex),  result = -1, pos = 0, fromIndex, match; if ($toLength(arguments.length) > 1) { fromIndex = $toInteger(arguments[1]); } else { fromIndex = length - 1; } if (fromIndex >= 0) { fromIndex = Math.min(fromIndex, length - 1); } else { fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex); } while (pos <= fromIndex) { rx.lastIndex = pos; match = rx.exec(str); if (!match) { break; } pos = +match.index; if (pos <= fromIndex) { result = pos; } pos += 1; } return result; } }); } }()); (function () { 'use strict'; /* * testing as follow to make sure that at least for one character regexp, * the result is the same as if we used indexOf */ var pre = document.getElementById('out'); function log(result) { pre.appendChild(document.createTextNode(result + '\n')); } function test(str) { var i = str.length + 2, r, a, b; while (i) { a = str.indexOf('a', i); b = str.searchOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); a = str.lastIndexOf('a', i); b = str.searchLastOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchLastOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); i -= 1; } } /* * Look for the a among the xes */ test('xxx'); test('axx'); test('xax'); test('xxa'); test('axa'); test('xaa'); test('aax'); test('aaa'); }());

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/*jslint maxlen:80, browser:true */ /* * Properties used by searchOf and searchLastOf implementation. */ /*property MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, abs, add, apply, call, configurable, defineProperty,   enumerable, exec, floor, global, hasOwnProperty, ignoreCase, index,  lastIndex, lastIndexOf, length, max, min, multiline, pow, prototype,   remove, replace, searchLastOf, searchOf, source, toString, value, writable */ /* * Properties used in the testing of searchOf and searchLastOf implimentation. */ /*property appendChild, createTextNode, getElementById, indexOf, lastIndexOf, length, searchLastOf, searchOf, unshift */ (function () { 'use strict'; var MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || Math.pow(2, 53) - 1, getNativeFlags = new RegExp('\\/([a-z]*)$', 'i'), clipDups = new RegExp('([\\s\\S])(?=[\\s\\S]*\\1)', 'g'), pToString = Object.prototype.toString, pHasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, stringTagRegExp; /** * Defines a new property directly on an object, or modifies an existing * property on an object, and returns the object. * * @private * @function * @param {Object} object * @param {string} property * @param {Object} descriptor * @returns {Object} * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty */ function $defineProperty(object, property, descriptor) { if (Object.defineProperty) { Object.defineProperty(object, property, descriptor); } else { object[property] = descriptor.value; } return object; } /** * Returns true if the operands are strictly equal with no type conversion. * * @private * @function * @param {*} a * @param {*} b * @returns {boolean} * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.9.4 */ function $strictEqual(a, b) { return a === b; } /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is undefined. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isUndefined(inputArg) { return $strictEqual(typeof inputArg, 'undefined');  } /** * Provides a string representation of the supplied object in the form * "[object type]", where type is the object type. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object for which a class string represntation * is required. * @returns {string} A string value of the form "[object type]". * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-15.2.4.2 */ function $toStringTag(inputArg) { var val; if (inputArg === null) { val = '[object Null]'; } else if ($isUndefined(inputArg)) { val = '[object Undefined]'; } else { val = pToString.call(inputArg); } return val; } /** * The string tag representation of a RegExp object. * * @private * @type {string} */ stringTagRegExp = $toStringTag(getNativeFlags); /** * Returns true if the operand inputArg is a RegExp. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {boolean} */ function $isRegExp(inputArg) { return $toStringTag(inputArg) === stringTagRegExp && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'ignoreCase') && typeof inputArg.ignoreCase === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'global') && typeof inputArg.global === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'multiline') && typeof inputArg.multiline === 'boolean' && pHasOwn.call(inputArg, 'source') && typeof inputArg.source === 'string';  } /** * The abstract operation throws an error if its argument is a value that * cannot be converted to an Object, otherwise returns the argument. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be tested. * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {*} The inputArg if coercible. * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-requireobjectcoercible */ function $requireObjectCoercible(inputArg) { var errStr; if (inputArg === null || $isUndefined(inputArg)) { errStr = 'Cannot convert argument to object: ' + inputArg; throw new TypeError(errStr); } return inputArg; } /** * The abstract operation converts its argument to a value of type string * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @returns {string} * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tostring */ function $toString(inputArg) { var type, val; if (inputArg === null) { val = 'null'; } else { type = typeof inputArg; if (type === 'string') { val = inputArg; } else if (type === 'undefined') { val = type; } else { if (type === 'symbol') { throw new TypeError('Cannot convert symbol to string'); } val = String(inputArg); } } return val; } /** * Returns a string only if the arguments is coercible otherwise throws an * error. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg * @throws {TypeError} If inputArg is null or undefined. * @returns {string} */ function $onlyCoercibleToString(inputArg) { return $toString($requireObjectCoercible(inputArg)); } /** * The function evaluates the passed value and converts it to an integer. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to an integer. * @returns {number} If the target value is NaN, null or undefined, 0 is * returned. If the target value is false, 0 is returned * and if true, 1 is returned. * @see http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-9.4 */ function $toInteger(inputArg) { var number = +inputArg, val = 0; if ($strictEqual(number, number)) { if (!number || number === Infinity || number === -Infinity) { val = number; } else { val = (number > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(number)); } } return val; } /** * Copies a regex object. Allows adding and removing native flags while * copying the regex. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @param {Object} [options] Allows specifying native flags to add or * remove while copying the regex. * @returns {RegExp} Copy of the provided regex, possibly with modified * flags. */ function $copyRegExp(regex, options) { var flags, opts, rx; if (options !== null && typeof options === 'object') { opts = options; } else { opts = {}; } // Get native flags in use flags = getNativeFlags.exec($toString(regex))[1]; flags = $onlyCoercibleToString(flags); if (opts.add) { flags += opts.add; flags = flags.replace(clipDups, ''); } if (opts.remove) { // Would need to escape `options.remove` if this was public rx = new RegExp('[' + opts.remove + ']+', 'g'); flags = flags.replace(rx, ''); } return new RegExp(regex.source, flags); } /** * The abstract operation ToLength converts its argument to an integer * suitable for use as the length of an array-like object. * * @private * @function * @param {*} inputArg The object to be converted to a length. * @returns {number} If len <= +0 then +0 else if len is +INFINITY then * 2^53-1 else min(len, 2^53-1). * @see https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-tolength */ function $toLength(inputArg) { return Math.min(Math.max($toInteger(inputArg), 0), MAX_SAFE_INTEGER); } /** * Copies a regex object so that it is suitable for use with searchOf and * searchLastOf methods. * * @private * @function * @param {RegExp} regex Regex to copy. * @returns {RegExp} */ function $toSearchRegExp(regex) { return $copyRegExp(regex, { add: 'g', remove: 'y' }); } if (!String.prototype.searchOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at * fromIndex. Returns -1 if the value is not found. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] The location within the calling string * to start the search from. It can be any * integer. The default value is 0. If * fromIndex < 0 the entire string is * searched (same as passing 0). If * fromIndex >= str.length, the method will * return -1 unless searchValue is an empty * string in which case str.length is * returned. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), result = -1, fromIndex, match, rx;  if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.indexOf.apply(str, arguments); }  if ($toLength(arguments.length) > 1) { fromIndex = +arguments[1];  if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = 0; }  } else { fromIndex = 0; } if (fromIndex >= $toLength(str.length)) { return result; }  rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex);  rx.lastIndex = fromIndex; match = rx.exec(str); if (match) { result = +match.index; } return result; } }); } if (!String.prototype.searchLastOf) { /** * This method returns the index within the calling String object of * the last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found. * The calling string is searched backward, starting at fromIndex. * * @function * @this {string} * @param {RegExp|string} regex A regular expression object or a String. * Anything else is implicitly converted to * a String. * @param {Number} [fromIndex] Optional. The location within the * calling string to start the search at, * indexed from left to right. It can be * any integer. The default value is * str.length. If it is negative, it is * treated as 0. If fromIndex > str.length, * fromIndex is treated as str.length. * @returns {Number} If successful, returns the index of the first * match of the regular expression inside the * string. Otherwise, it returns -1. */ $defineProperty(String.prototype, 'searchLastOf', { enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, value: function (regex) { var str = $onlyCoercibleToString(this), result = -1, arg1,   numPos, fromIndex, length, match, pos, rx; if (!$isRegExp(regex)) { return String.prototype.lastIndexOf.apply(str, arguments); } arg1 = arguments[1]; numPos = +arg1; length = $toLength(str.length);   if (!$strictEqual(numPos, numPos)) { fromIndex = length; } else { if ($toLength(arguments.length) > 1) { fromIndex = $toInteger(arg1);  } else { fromIndex = length - 1; } } if (fromIndex >= 0) { fromIndex = Math.min(fromIndex, length - 1); } else { fromIndex = length - Math.abs(fromIndex); }  pos = 0; rx = $toSearchRegExp(regex);  while (pos <= fromIndex) { rx.lastIndex = pos; match = rx.exec(str); if (!match) { break; } pos = +match.index; if (pos <= fromIndex) { result = pos; } pos += 1; } return result; } }); } }()); (function () { 'use strict'; /* * testing as follow to make sure that at least for one character regexp, * the result is the same as if we used indexOf */ var pre = document.getElementById('out'); function log(result) { pre.appendChild(document.createTextNode(result + '\n')); } function test(str) { var i = str.length + 2, r, a, b; while (i) { a = str.indexOf('a', i); b = str.searchOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); a = str.lastIndexOf('a', i); b = str.searchLastOf(/a/, i); r = ['Failed', 'searchLastOf', str, i, a, b]; if (a === b) { r[0] = 'Passed'; } log(r); i -= 1; } } /* * Look for the a among the xes */ test('xxx'); test('axx'); test('xax'); test('xxa'); test('axa'); test('xaa'); test('aax'); test('aaa'); }());

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