Autocomplete search needs a valid regExp

[Arual90]

Autocomplete-clab search functionality doesn't work when special characters are used. Es: [, +.

This is because it uses the function String.prototype.search which accepts a regExp or a string that can be turned into a RegExp.

const phrase = '[laura] è al mare';

phrase.search('laura') // -> correctly returns the index
phrase.search('[laura') // -> Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression

'[laura' cannot be turned into a RegExp unless the special character is escaped.

How To Fix: Escape the string using https://www.npmjs.com/package/escape-string-regexp

[StefanoMagrassi]

closed by #208