From d139dfa15421a7d208b65aaeed0c5da3391a8440 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:50:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From b92613a7865fa76e08b28051642648874d74a86e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:58:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add "search for exact answer" mode to db search

Co-authored-by: geoffrey-wu <42471355+geoffrey-wu@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 client/db/highlight-query.js   |  4 ++--
 client/db/index.jsx            |  1 +
 database/qbreader/get-query.js | 10 +++++++++-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/db/highlight-query.js b/client/db/highlight-query.js
index ce31dfda2..222cf537f 100644
--- a/client/db/highlight-query.js
+++ b/client/db/highlight-query.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function highlightTossupQuery ({ tossup, regExp, searchType = 'all', igno
       tossup.question = insertHighlightTokensHelper(tossup.question, tossup.question_sanitized, word);
     }
 
-    if (searchType === 'answer' || searchType === 'all') {
+    if (searchType === 'answer' || searchType === 'exactAnswer' || searchType === 'all') {
       tossup.answer = insertHighlightTokensHelper(tossup.answer, tossup.answer_sanitized, word);
     }
   }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function highlightBonusQuery ({ bonus, regExp, searchType = 'all', ignore
       }
     }
 
-    if (searchType === 'answer' || searchType === 'all') {
+    if (searchType === 'answer' || searchType === 'exactAnswer' || searchType === 'all') {
       for (let i = 0; i < bonus.answers.length; i++) {
         bonus.answers[i] = insertHighlightTokensHelper(bonus.answers[i], bonus.answers_sanitized[i], word);
       }
diff --git a/client/db/index.jsx b/client/db/index.jsx
index 107e3c2ef..a45f8ff98 100644
--- a/client/db/index.jsx
+++ b/client/db/index.jsx
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ function QueryForm () {
               <option value='all'>All text</option>
               <option value='question'>Question</option>
               <option value='answer'>Answer</option>
+              <option value='exactAnswer'>Exact answer</option>
             </select>
           </div>
           <div className='col-6 col-md-3 mb-2'>
diff --git a/database/qbreader/get-query.js b/database/qbreader/get-query.js
index 0695d2dba..7d5e8ef48 100644
--- a/database/qbreader/get-query.js
+++ b/database/qbreader/get-query.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function validateOptions ({
 
   if (!searchType) {
     searchType = 'all';
-  } else if (!['question', 'answer', 'all'].includes(searchType)) {
+  } else if (!['question', 'answer', 'exactAnswer', 'all'].includes(searchType)) {
     throw new Error('Invalid search type specified.');
   }
 
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ async function getTossupQuery (options) {
       orQuery.push({ answer_sanitized: { $regex: word, $options: caseSensitive ? '' : 'i' } });
     }
 
+    if (searchType === 'exactAnswer') {
+      orQuery.push({ answer_sanitized: { $regex: `^${word}`, $options: caseSensitive ? '' : 'i' } });
+    }
+
     andQuery.push({ $or: orQuery });
   }
 
@@ -225,6 +229,10 @@ async function getBonusQuery (options) {
       orQuery.push({ answers_sanitized: { $regex: word, $options: caseSensitive ? '' : 'i' } });
     }
 
+    if (searchType === 'exactAnswer') {
+      orQuery.push({ answers_sanitized: { $regex: `^${word}`, $options: caseSensitive ? '' : 'i' } });
+    }
+
     andQuery.push({ $or: orQuery });
   }