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node_modules select2 replace wrappedMatcher with startMatcher

I'm trying to change the select2.julll.js file from node_modules Angular 6 project.
So far I found some ways to do that tho, nothing has worked for me, would you fave any suggestions of how I can replace wrappedMatcher with startMatcher in select2 file?
S2.define('select2/compat/matcher',[
'jquery'
], function ($) {
function oldMatcher (matcher) {
function wrappedMatcher (params, data) {
var match = $.extend(true, {}, data);
if (params.term == null || $.trim(params.term) === '') {
return match;
}
if (data.children) {
for (var c = data.children.length - 1; c >= 0; c--) {
var child = data.children[c];
// Check if the child object matches
// The old matcher returned a boolean true or false
var doesMatch = matcher(params.term, child.text, child);
// If the child didn't match, pop it off
if (!doesMatch) {
match.children.splice(c, 1);
}
}
if (match.children.length > 0) {
return match;
}
}
if (matcher(params.term, data.text, data)) {
return match;
}
return null;
}
return wrappedMatcher;
}
return oldMatcher;
});

Adding the following code to my select2.directives.ts has solved my problem
if (data.text.toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(params.term) > -1 &&
!!data.text.toString().toLowerCase().startsWith(params.term.toString().toLowerCase())) {
var modifiedData = $.extend({}, data, true);
// modifiedData.text += ' (matched)';
// You can return modified objects from here
// This includes matching the `children` how you want in nested data sets
return modifiedData;
}

How to stop executing Javascript function containing infinite loop after some time

Suppose I have following piece of code that contains an infinite loop:
function infiniteLoop() {
while(true) {
//do something, eg.
document.getElementById("someID").innerHTML = "Blah";
}
}
If we execute this code in an online compiler, browser will crash. I want to prevent that from happening. So I tried following code following this answer:
function willNotCrash() {
myVar = setInterval(infiniteLoop, 5000);
setTimeout(function(){
clearInterval(myVar);
}, 4000);
}
This code doesn't make the browser to crash, because I am stopping the execution before infiniteLoop() gets called by clearInterval(myVar).
My question is how do I stop executing such functions if they don't response within some period of time (eg. after 5 seconds or before the browser is crashed).
For example, if we copy paste following java code in https://www.compilejava.net/
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
while(true) {
System.out.println("Blah");
}
}
}
we get a nice output saying,
Script was taking longer than 5 seconds to execute so it was killed.
Here is my current code: http://js.do/code/106546

This is a bit tricky but perfectly doable. You need to tokenize the script and then rebuild it but insert a counter increment in every loop and function call. If the counter goes above some threshold, then bomb out. I did it here: https://littleminigames.com/
You can see the source at https://bitbucket.org/cskilbeck/littleminigames/src
The interesting bits are in wrapper.js (https://bitbucket.org/cskilbeck/littleminigames/src/ac29d0d0787abe93c75b88520050a6792c04d34d/public_html/static/js/wrapper.js?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default)
Google escodegen, estraverse and esprima
I relied heavily on this: https://github.com/CodeCosmos/codecosmos/blob/master/www/js/sandbox.js
wrapper.js, as requested:
// Don't obfuscate this file! We depend on the toString() of functions!
// this was all nicked from https://github.com/CodeCosmos/codecosmos/blob/master/www/js/sandbox.js
(function(mainApp) {
'use strict';
var esprima = window.esprima,
estraverse = window.estraverse,
escodegen = window.escodegen,
errors = [],
eng,
Syntax = estraverse.Syntax;
// This implements the jankiest possible "source map", where we keep an array
// of [generatedLine, knownSourceLine]. Seems to essentially work.
function SourceNode(line, col, _sourceMap, generated) {
this.line = line;
this.col = col;
this.generated = generated;
}
SourceNode.prototype.toStringWithSourceMap = function toStringWithSourceMap() {
var code = [];
var mapLines = {};
var map = [];
// assumes that wrapCode adds two lines
var line = 3;
var lastMapLine = null;
function walk(node) {
if (typeof(node) === "string") {
if (node) {
code.push(node);
var matches = node.match(/\n/g);
if (matches !== null) {
line += matches.length;
}
}
} else if (node instanceof SourceNode) {
if (node.line !== null) {
if (!mapLines[line]) {
map.push([line, node.line]);
mapLines[line] = node.line;
}
}
walk(node.generated);
} else {
node.forEach(walk);
}
}
walk(this);
return {
code: code.join(''),
map: map
};
};
SourceNode.prototype.toString = function toString() {
return this.toStringWithSourceMap().code;
};
// This is used by escodegen
window.sourceMap = {
SourceNode: SourceNode
};
// TODO (chs): add in all the things that need to be masked
function runWrapper($userCode, __sys) {
var clear = __sys.clear,
setpixel = __sys.setpixel,
rectangle = __sys.rectangle,
box = __sys.box,
line = __sys.line,
getpixel = __sys.getpixel,
getpixeli = __sys.getpixeli,
keypress = __sys.keypress,
keyrelease = __sys.keyrelease,
keyheld = __sys.keyheld,
reset = __sys.reset;
__sys.userFunction = __sys.catchErrors($userCode);
}
function extractCode(fn) {
var code = fn.toString();
return code.substring(code.indexOf('{') + 1, code.lastIndexOf('}'));
}
function makeOneLine(code) {
return code.replace(/(\/\/[^\n]+|\n\s|\r\n\s*)/g, '');
}
var runTemplate = makeOneLine(extractCode(runWrapper));
function wrapCode(code, template, functionName, postCode) {
// avoid interpretation of the replacement string by using a fun.
// otherwise mo' $ mo problems.
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace#Specifying_a_string_as_a_parameter
return ("'use strict';" + template.replace(/\$userCode/, function() {
return 'function ' + functionName + '() {\n' + code + postCode + '\n}';
}));
}
var injectStatement = esprima.parse("if (++__sys.ctr >= __sys.maxctr) throw new Error('Script halted - infinite loop?');").body[0];
var injectElseStatement = esprima.parse("if (++__sys.ctr >= __sys.maxctr) throw new Error('Script halted - infinite loop?'); else ;").body[0];
function CallExpression(callee, args) {
this.callee = callee;
this.arguments = args;
}
CallExpression.prototype.type = Syntax.CallExpression;
function Identifier(name) {
this.name = name;
}
Identifier.prototype.type = Syntax.Identifier;
function BlockStatement(body) {
this.body = body;
}
BlockStatement.prototype.type = Syntax.BlockStatement;
function ReturnStatement(argument) {
this.argument = argument;
}
ReturnStatement.prototype.type = Syntax.ReturnStatement;
function FunctionExpression(id, params, body) {
this.id = id;
this.params = params;
this.body = body;
this.defaults = [];
this.expression = false;
this.generator = false;
this.rest = null;
}
FunctionExpression.prototype.type = Syntax.FunctionExpression;
function wrapId(node, defaultName) {
if (node.loc) {
var id = (node.id || {
name: null,
loc: null
});
var loc = id.loc || node.loc;
var name = id.name || defaultName;
return new Identifier(name + '$' + loc.start.line);
} else {
return node.id;
}
}
function instrumentAST(ast) {
var identifierStack = [];
function pushIdentifier(s) {
identifierStack[identifierStack.length - 1].push(s);
}
function popIdentifierStack() {
identifierStack.pop();
}
function pushIdentifierStack() {
identifierStack.push([]);
}
function peekLastIdentifier() {
var lastStackIdx = identifierStack.length - 1;
if (lastStackIdx >= 0) {
var stack = identifierStack[lastStackIdx];
if (stack.length) {
return stack[stack.length - 1];
}
}
return '';
}
pushIdentifierStack();
return estraverse.replace(ast, {
enter: function enterAST(node) {
switch (node.type) {
case Syntax.VariableDeclarator:
if (node.id.type === Syntax.Identifier) {
pushIdentifier(node.id.name);
}
break;
case Syntax.MemberExpression:
if (node.object.type === Syntax.Identifier) {
var id = node.object.name;
if (node.property.type === Syntax.Identifier) {
id += '__dot__' + node.property.name; // huh? why mangle these?
// console.log(id);
}
pushIdentifier(id);
} else if (node.property.type === Syntax.Identifier) {
pushIdentifier(node.property.name);
}
break;
case Syntax.FunctionDeclaration:
pushIdentifierStack();
break;
case Syntax.FunctionExpression:
pushIdentifierStack();
break;
default:
break;
}
return node;
},
leave: function leaveAST(node) {
switch (node.type) {
case Syntax.DoWhileStatement:
break;
case Syntax.ForStatement:
break;
case Syntax.FunctionDeclaration:
break;
case Syntax.FunctionExpression:
break;
case Syntax.WhileStatement:
break;
default:
return estraverse.SKIP;
}
// modify the BlockStatement in-place to inject the instruction counter
if(node.body.body === undefined) {
// they have used a non-block statement as the body of a function or loop construct
// not allowed for function declarations - should never get here
if(node.type === Syntax.FunctionDeclaration) {
errors.push({
message: "Missing {",
line: node.loc.start.line,
column: node.loc.start.column
});
}
else {
// otherwise insert the test
var newBody = angular.copy(injectElseStatement);
newBody.alternate = node.body;
node.body = newBody;
}
return estraverse.SKIP;
}
node.body.body.unshift(injectStatement);
if (node.type === Syntax.FunctionExpression) {
popIdentifierStack();
// __catchErrors(node)
node.id = wrapId(node, peekLastIdentifier());
return new CallExpression(
new Identifier("__sys.catchErrors"), [node]);
}
if (node.type === Syntax.FunctionDeclaration) {
popIdentifierStack();
// modify the BlockStatement in-place to be
// return __catchErrors(function id() { body });
var funBody = node.body;
node.body = new BlockStatement([
new ReturnStatement(
new CallExpression(
new CallExpression(
new Identifier("__sys.catchErrors"), [new FunctionExpression(
wrapId(node, peekLastIdentifier()), [],
funBody)]), []))
]);
}
return node;
}
});
}
// mainApp.sandbox('var a = 1; function update(frame) { clear(0); }').code
// give it the source code as a string
mainApp.sandbox = function(code) {
var rc = {};
this.errors = [];
try {
this.ast = instrumentAST(esprima.parse(code, { range: true, loc: true }));
this.map = escodegen.generate(this.ast, { sourceMap: true, sourceMapWithCode: true });
this.code = wrapCode(this.map.code, runTemplate, '', ';\n__sys.updateFunction = (typeof update === "function") ? update : null;');
}
catch(e) {
this.errors.push({
message: e.description,
line: e.lineNumber,
column: e.column
});
}
if(this.code) {
this.code = "eng.clientFunction = function(__sys) {" + this.code + "};";
}
};
mainApp.sandbox.prototype.searchMap = function(needle) {
// binary search
var lo = 0;
var hi = this.map.map.length;
var mid, here;
while (true) {
mid = lo + ((hi - lo) >> 1);
here = this.map.map[mid];
if (mid === lo || here[0] === needle) {
return here[1];
} else if (here[0] > needle) {
hi = mid;
} else {
lo = mid;
}
}
};
})(mainApp);

Typically all JavaScript runs in one thread, so it is impossible to run any JavaScript that could stop your loop while your loop is running. Using HTML5 web workers, you can run the infinite loop in a separate thread, and then you can terminate it:
var myWorker = new Worker( '/infinite.js ');
setTimeout( function ( ) {
myWorker.terminate( );
}, 5000 );
However your web worker won't have access to the DOM, so the contents of your infinite loop would need to be different that what you have in your question.

I found exactly what I was looking for in Bergi's comment,
Alternatively, place a if (Date.now() > dateAtStartOfExecution+5000) return; in every loop body.
So now my code looks like:
function infiniteLoop() {
dateAtStartOfExecution = Date.now();
while(true) {
//do something
document.getElementById("someID").innerHTML = "Blah";
if (Date.now() > dateAtStartOfExecution+5000) {
alert("Taking too much time. Killing.");
return;
}
}
}
If I run this code after 5 seconds I will get an alert and the execution will stop. Try this:
http://js.do/code/106565

Can't call function on HTML element

I'm starting to write jQuery in Vanilla JS and my selectors work but when I call my append function on the HTML element I get an "is not a function" error.
var $ = function(){
this.select = function(input) {
if (input.split("")[0] == "#") {
input = input.slice(1, input.length)
return document.getElementById(input)
}
else if (input.split("")[0] == ".") {
input = input.slice(1, input.length)
return document.getElementsByClassName(input)
}
else {
return document.getElementsByTagName(input)
}
},
this.append = function(text) {
return this.innerhtml = this.innerhtml + text
}
};
my console attempts:
var myQuery = new $();
returns undefined
myQuery.select("#testspan")
returns my span tag here
myQuery.select("#testspan").append("hellohello")
returns error
VM2207:1 Uncaught TypeError: myQuery.select(...).append is not a function(…)

From your snippet the return of each of the select method return a DOM element (or collection). Really what you would like to do is called Chaining where the result of the method returns the original object. Therefore you can keep calling additional methods on the same object.
Now in your example you are going to need a collection of elements (nodes) somewhere the object can then access again. Here is a simple example.
var $ = function () {
this.nodes = [];
this.select = function (input) {
var self = this;
if (input.split("")[0] == "#") {
input = input.slice(1, input.length)
var node = document.getElementById(input);
if (node)
this.nodes.push(node);
}
else if (input.split("")[0] == ".") {
input = input.slice(1, input.length)
Array.prototype.slice.call(document.getElementsByClassName(input), 0).forEach(function (node) {
self.nodes.push(node);
});
}
else {
Array.prototype.slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName(input), 0).forEach(function (node) {
self.nodes.push(node);
});
}
return this;
},
this.append = function (text) {
this.nodes.forEach(function (i) {
i.innerHTML += text;
});
return this;
}
};
Sample Html:
<p id="test">This is test </p>
<p>This is number to</p>
Console (Chrome):
$ = new $()
$ {nodes: Array[0]}
$.select('p').append('hi')
Now a little issue here is you are (in the console) setting $ = new $() which effectivly overwrites the ability to call new $() again in the same script. I have provided a fiddle below that renames this to myQuery. Also changed that every time you call select will clear the node array.
Revised:
var myQuery = function () {
this.nodes = [];
this.select = function (input) {
this.nodes = [];
var self = this;
if (input.split("")[0] == "#") {
input = input.slice(1, input.length)
var node = document.getElementById(input);
if (node)
this.nodes.push(node);
}
else if (input.split("")[0] == ".") {
input = input.slice(1, input.length)
Array.prototype.slice.call(document.getElementsByClassName(input), 0).forEach(function (node) {
self.nodes.push(node);
});
}
else {
Array.prototype.slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName(input), 0).forEach(function (node) {
self.nodes.push(node);
});
}
return this;
},
this.append = function (text) {
this.nodes.forEach(function (i) {
i.innerHTML += text;
});
return this;
}
};
$ = new myQuery();
$.select('p').append(' test selection by tag name ');
$ = new myQuery();
$.select('.p1').append(' test selection by class ');
$ = new myQuery();
$.select('#p1').append(' test selection by id ');
$ = new myQuery();
$.select('#p2').append(' test selection by id ').append('and then chanined').select('.p2').append(' still chaining');
Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/kxwt9gmg/

You need to change up your approach a bit. You are wanting to store a result and call a method on it. You can ONLY call a method that that particular object has. That object you are returning, the raw html element, doesn't have that method. What you want to do is store the html element and then return an OBJECT that performs operations on what was stored. You can accomplish this using closure. For example:
function miniQuery(input){
function elementIterate(collection, action){
for (var i = elements.length -1; i >= 0; i-- ){
collection[i].style.display = action;
}
}
var isCollection = function(element){
if(element instanceof HTMLCollection){
return true
} else{
return false
}
}
function findElement(element){
if (element.startsWith("#")) {
// id element selector
return document.getElementById(element.substring(1));
} else if (element.startsWith(".")) {
// class element selector
return document.getElementsByClassName(element.substring(1));
} else {
// tag element selector
return document.getElementsByTagName(element);
};
}
if (input != undefined) {
var _this = this;
this.element = findElement(input);
var elements = findElement(input);
}
return {
append: function(content, position = 'beforeend'){
var elements = _this.element;
if (isCollection(elements)) {
for(var i = elements.length -1; i >= 0; i--){
elements[i].insertAdjacentHTML(position, content)
}
}else{
elements.insertAdjacentHTML(position, content);
}
}
}
}
function $(input){
return selector(input);
}
function selector(input){
var query = new miniQuery(input);
return query;
}

Regex to change a html element class with javascript not working

I have the following javascript function to open and close sub list elements on an onclick event:
function ShowHideDtls(itId) {
var subMen = document.getElementById(itId);
if (subMen != null) {
if (subMen.className == "nav nav-second-level collapse in") {
subMen.className = "nav nav-second-level collapse";
} else {
subMen.className += " in";
}
}
}
The "collapse" is a css class which makes display=none hiding the sub list and "in" is a class which makes display=block showing the sub list, creating a menu with submenus.
I found in this question Change an element's class with JavaScript in the first(accepted) answer use of a regex in order to do this. I tried it like this:
function ShowHideDtls(itId) {
var subMen = document.getElementById(itId);
if (subMen != null) {
if (subMen.className.match(/(?:^|\s)in(?!\S)/)) {
subMen.className.replace(/(?:^|\s)in(?!\S)/g, '');
} else {
subMen.className += " in";
}
}
}
The code without the regex works perfectly but with the regex it doesn't. I checked the regex in regex101.com and it seems to work there. As I understand it's more appropriate to use the regex than a long string of all the class names and also I also have a nav-third-level class that I have to close and open so the regex seems to be the convenient and proper way to do it.
What's wrong?
Thank you.

No need of regex here. You can use classList
Using classList is a convenient alternative to accessing an element's list of classes as a space-delimited string via element.className.
function ShowHideDtls(itId) {
var subMen = document.getElementById(itId);
if (subMen != null) {
subMen.classList.toggle('in');
}
}
toggle() will toggle the class of the element. If the element already has the class, it'll remove it, if not then toggle will add the class to the element.
Check the Browser Compatibility.
You can use following SHIM from MDN for IE9,
/*
* classList.js: Cross-browser full element.classList implementation.
* 2014-07-23
*
* By Eli Grey, http://eligrey.com
* Public Domain.
* NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
*/
/*global self, document, DOMException */
/*! #source http://purl.eligrey.com/github/classList.js/blob/master/classList.js*/
if ("document" in self) {
// Full polyfill for browsers with no classList support
if (!("classList" in document.createElement("_"))) {
(function (view) {
"use strict";
if (!('Element' in view)) return;
var
classListProp = "classList",
protoProp = "prototype",
elemCtrProto = view.Element[protoProp],
objCtr = Object,
strTrim = String[protoProp].trim || function () {
return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");
},
arrIndexOf = Array[protoProp].indexOf || function (item) {
var
i = 0,
len = this.length;
for (; i < len; i++) {
if (i in this && this[i] === item) {
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
// Vendors: please allow content code to instantiate DOMExceptions
,
DOMEx = function (type, message) {
this.name = type;
this.code = DOMException[type];
this.message = message;
},
checkTokenAndGetIndex = function (classList, token) {
if (token === "") {
throw new DOMEx(
"SYNTAX_ERR", "An invalid or illegal string was specified"
);
}
if (/\s/.test(token)) {
throw new DOMEx(
"INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR", "String contains an invalid character"
);
}
return arrIndexOf.call(classList, token);
},
ClassList = function (elem) {
var
trimmedClasses = strTrim.call(elem.getAttribute("class") || ""),
classes = trimmedClasses ? trimmedClasses.split(/\s+/) : [],
i = 0,
len = classes.length;
for (; i < len; i++) {
this.push(classes[i]);
}
this._updateClassName = function () {
elem.setAttribute("class", this.toString());
};
},
classListProto = ClassList[protoProp] = [],
classListGetter = function () {
return new ClassList(this);
};
// Most DOMException implementations don't allow calling DOMException's toString()
// on non-DOMExceptions. Error's toString() is sufficient here.
DOMEx[protoProp] = Error[protoProp];
classListProto.item = function (i) {
return this[i] || null;
};
classListProto.contains = function (token) {
token += "";
return checkTokenAndGetIndex(this, token) !== -1;
};
classListProto.add = function () {
var
tokens = arguments,
i = 0,
l = tokens.length,
token, updated = false;
do {
token = tokens[i] + "";
if (checkTokenAndGetIndex(this, token) === -1) {
this.push(token);
updated = true;
}
}
while (++i < l);
if (updated) {
this._updateClassName();
}
};
classListProto.remove = function () {
var
tokens = arguments,
i = 0,
l = tokens.length,
token, updated = false,
index;
do {
token = tokens[i] + "";
index = checkTokenAndGetIndex(this, token);
while (index !== -1) {
this.splice(index, 1);
updated = true;
index = checkTokenAndGetIndex(this, token);
}
}
while (++i < l);
if (updated) {
this._updateClassName();
}
};
classListProto.toggle = function (token, force) {
token += "";
var
result = this.contains(token),
method = result ?
force !== true && "remove" :
force !== false && "add";
if (method) {
this[method](token);
}
if (force === true || force === false) {
return force;
} else {
return !result;
}
};
classListProto.toString = function () {
return this.join(" ");
};
if (objCtr.defineProperty) {
var classListPropDesc = {
get: classListGetter,
enumerable: true,
configurable: true
};
try {
objCtr.defineProperty(elemCtrProto, classListProp, classListPropDesc);
} catch (ex) { // IE 8 doesn't support enumerable:true
if (ex.number === -0x7FF5EC54) {
classListPropDesc.enumerable = false;
objCtr.defineProperty(elemCtrProto, classListProp, classListPropDesc);
}
}
} else if (objCtr[protoProp].__defineGetter__) {
elemCtrProto.__defineGetter__(classListProp, classListGetter);
}
}(self));
} else {
// There is full or partial native classList support, so just check if we need
// to normalize the add/remove and toggle APIs.
(function () {
"use strict";
var testElement = document.createElement("_");
testElement.classList.add("c1", "c2");
// Polyfill for IE 10/11 and Firefox <26, where classList.add and
// classList.remove exist but support only one argument at a time.
if (!testElement.classList.contains("c2")) {
var createMethod = function (method) {
var original = DOMTokenList.prototype[method];
DOMTokenList.prototype[method] = function (token) {
var i, len = arguments.length;
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
token = arguments[i];
original.call(this, token);
}
};
};
createMethod('add');
createMethod('remove');
}
testElement.classList.toggle("c3", false);
// Polyfill for IE 10 and Firefox <24, where classList.toggle does not
// support the second argument.
if (testElement.classList.contains("c3")) {
var _toggle = DOMTokenList.prototype.toggle;
DOMTokenList.prototype.toggle = function (token, force) {
if (1 in arguments && !this.contains(token) === !force) {
return force;
} else {
return _toggle.call(this, token);
}
};
}
testElement = null;
}());
}
}
If you're using jQuery, you can use toggleClass():
function ShowHideDtls(itId) {
$('#' + itId).toggleClass('in');
}
Edit
If you still want to use regex:
if (/\bin\b/.test(subMen.className))
subMen.className.replace(/\bin\b/, '');
} else {
subMen.className += " in";
}
You can also use split() and indexOf as follow to check if a class is present on element.
var classes = className.split(/\s+/),
classIndex = classes.indexOf('in');
if (classIndex > -1) {
classes.splice(classIndex, 1);
subMen.className = classes.join(' ');
} else {
subMen.className += " in";
}

replace function returns the resultant value, it do not assign value indirectly.
So do following:
function ShowHideDtls(itId) {
var subMen = document.getElementById(itId);
if (subMen != null) {
if (subMen.className.match(/(?:^|\s)in(?!\S)/)) {
subMen.className = subMen.className.replace(/(?:^|\s)in(?!\S)/g, '');
}
else {
subMen.className += " in";
}
}
}

Highlight Text in textarea when a Hashtag typed followed by one or more character

I want to be able to let the user wile typing in the text area if he typed a hash-tag followed by one or more character as he type the text get highlighted till he hits space.
The thing is i want to achieve something like Facebook's new hash-tag feature, I've done the logic the coding but still not able to achieve it visually.
The approach i tried is by using Jquery as follows:
<textarea id="txtArea">Here is my #Hash</textarea>
$("#txtArea").onkeyup(function(){
var result = $("#txtArea").match(/ #[\w]+/g);
//result = '#Hash'
});
But i couldn't complete & i don't know where to go from here so any solution, advice, plugin that i could use i'll be very grateful.

I don't believe there is any way to highlight words (other than one single highlight) within a basic textarea as it does not accept markup, you could turn the textarea into a small Rich Text editor, but that seems a little overcomplicated. I would probably go for similar approach to the editor here on SO, and have a preview window below so that you can see what is being marked. You could use something like this, of course you may want to change how it works a little to suit your exact needs. It should at least give you some ideas.
CSS
#preview {
height: 2em;
width: 12em;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px;
}
.hashSymbol {
color: #f90;
}
HTML
<textarea id="userInput"></textarea>
<div id="preview"></div>
Javascript
/*jslint maxerr: 50, indent: 4, browser: true */
(function () {
"use strict";
function walkTheDOM(node, func) {
func(node);
node = node.firstChild;
while (node) {
walkTheDOM(node, func);
node = node.nextSibling;
}
}
function getTextNodes(element) {
var nodes = [];
walkTheDOM(element, function (node) {
if (node.nodeType === 3) {
nodes.push(node);
}
});
return nodes;
}
function escapeRegex(string) {
return string.replace(/[\[\](){}?*+\^$\\.|]/g, "\\$&");
}
function highlight(element, string, classname) {
var nodes = getTextNodes(element),
length = nodes.length,
stringLength = string.length,
rx = new RegExp("\\B" + escapeRegex(string)),
i = 0,
index,
text,
newContent,
span,
node;
while (i < length) {
node = nodes[i];
newContent = document.createDocumentFragment();
text = node.nodeValue;
index = text.search(rx);
while (index !== -1) {
newContent.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text.slice(0, index)));
text = text.slice(index + stringLength);
span = document.createElement("span");
span.className = classname;
span.appendChild(document.createTextNode(string));
newContent.appendChild(span);
index = text.search(rx);
}
newContent.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
node.parentNode.replaceChild(newContent, node);
i += 1;
}
}
function addEvent(elem, event, fn) {
if (typeof elem === "string") {
elem = document.getElementById(elem);
}
function listenHandler(e) {
var ret = fn.apply(null, arguments);
if (ret === false) {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
}
return ret;
}
function attachHandler() {
window.event.target = window.event.srcElement;
var ret = fn.call(elem, window.event);
if (ret === false) {
window.event.returnValue = false;
window.event.cancelBubble = true;
}
return ret;
}
if (elem.addEventListener) {
elem.addEventListener(event, listenHandler, false);
} else {
elem.attachEvent("on" + event, attachHandler);
}
}
function emptyNode(node) {
while (node.firstChild) {
node.removeChild(node.firstChild);
}
}
function toPreviewHighlight(e, to) {
if (typeof to === "string") {
to = document.getElementById(to);
}
var value = e.target.value,
tags = value.match(/\B#\w+/g) || [],
index = tags.length - 1,
lookup = {},
fragment,
length,
tag;
while (index >= 0) {
tag = tags[index];
if (!tag.length || tag === "#" || tag.charAt(0) !== "#" || lookup[tag]) {
tags.splice(index, 1);
} else {
lookup[tag] = true;
}
index -= 1;
}
fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
fragment.appendChild(document.createTextNode(value));
index = 0;
length = tags.length;
while (index < length) {
tag = tags[index];
highlight(fragment, tag, "hashSymbol");
index += 1;
}
emptyNode(to);
to.appendChild(fragment);
}
addEvent("userInput", "keyup", function (e) {
toPreviewHighlight(e, "preview");
});
}());
On jsfiddle
This code is slightly modified from other questions and answers here on SO (resusing code is good)
if text contains '#' change color of '#'
How to extract value between # and space in textarea value
Using JavaScript, I want to use XPath to look for the presence of a string, then refresh the page based on that