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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions client/db/highlight-query.js
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Expand Up @@ -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);
}
}
Expand All @@ -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);
}
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions client/db/index.jsx
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Expand Up @@ -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'>
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion database/qbreader/get-query.js
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Expand Up @@ -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.');
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -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 });
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -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 });
}

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