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I want to find words which start with a specific letter in a string using the following code. The specific letter would be supplied by the user in a text box.
This is what I have:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<input id="srch" type="text" />
<button onClick=searchword()>Search</button>
<p id="wrd" > hallo, this is a test john doe .
Another tea house pole.
</p>
</body>
<script>
function searchword() {
var s = document.getElementById("wrd").innerHTML;
var p= document.getElementById("srch").value;
var regx = new RegExp("(?:^|\W)" + p + "(\w+)(?!\w)","gi");
var re = regx, match, matches = [];
while (match = re.exec(s)) {
matches.push(match[0]);
}
alert(matches);
}
</script>
</html>
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The WordFinder® word search unscrambles letters, searches our Words With Friends®, Wordscapes®, Word Chums® or Scrabble® dictionary for words that win, and gives them to you sorted alphabetically and by word length.
The 9 letter words that start with A are associate, adventure, architect, ambitious, accompany, ambulance, appraisal, available, afternoon, advantage, abandoned, attending, affiliate, authentic, alternate, academics, amusement, advertise, algorithm, alcoholic, addiction, adjoining, affection, animation, etc.
You can use word boundaries \b, the following example shows how to match every word starting with t
var string ="hallo, this is a test john doe .Another tea house pole. Hey Tom."
result = string.match(/(\bt\S+\b)/ig);
//result = string.match(/(\st\S+)/ig); // alternative
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