Added checks to replace non-ASCII characters when filtering, removed non-standard $1 RegExp property in processData method, updated version

Author: bjorn2404

bower.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jquery-storelocator-plugin",
-  "version": "2.6.3",
+  "version": "2.7.0",
   "description": "This jQuery plugin takes advantage of Google Maps API version 3 to create an easy to implement store locator. No back-end programming is required, you just need to feed it KML, XML, or JSON data with all the location information.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

dist/assets/js/plugins/storeLocator/jquery.storelocator.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! jQuery Google Maps Store Locator - v2.6.3 - 2016-09-25
+/*! jQuery Google Maps Store Locator - v2.7.0 - 2016-09-29
 * http://www.bjornblog.com/web/jquery-store-locator-plugin
 * Copyright (c) 2016 Bjorn Holine; Licensed MIT */
 
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
 						var exclusiveTest = [];
 
 						for(var l = 0; l < filterTests.length; l++) {
-							exclusiveTest[l] = new RegExp(filterTests[l], 'i').test(data[k]);
+							exclusiveTest[l] = new RegExp(filterTests[l], 'i').test(data[k].replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]/g, ''));
 						}
 
 						if(exclusiveTest.indexOf(true) === -1) {
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
 					}
 					// Inclusive filtering
 					else {
-						if (!(new RegExp(filters[k].join(''), 'i').test(data[k]))) {
+						if (!(new RegExp(filters[k].join(''), 'i').test(data[k].replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]/g, '')))) {
 							filterTest = false;
 						}
 					}
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@
 							if (!taxFilters[k]) {
 								taxFilters[k] = [];
 							}
-							taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*\\b' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1") + '\\b)';
+							taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*\\b' + filters[k][z].replace(/([^\x00-\x7F]|[.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, '') + '\\b)';
 						}
 					}
 				}

dist/assets/js/plugins/storeLocator/jquery.storelocator.min.js

@@ -35,17 +35,18 @@ filtering.
 
 ## Changelog
 
-### Version 2.6.3
+### Version 2.7.0
 
 * Added [callback documentation](callbacks.md).
 * Added callbackCreateMarker for custom marker overrides.
 * Added [InfoBubble](https://github.com/googlemaps/js-info-bubble) support and example file.
-* Added location results total count if HTML element with .bh-sl-total-results class exists.
-* Added markerAlphaColor setting to change the marker letter color.
+* Added location results total count if HTML element with "bh-sl-total-results" class exists.
+* Added checks to replace non-ASCII characters when filtering.
 * Added reset functionality that can be triggered via a button that has the CSS class "bh-sl-reset".
 * Added query string parameter filter check so that results can be filtered with URL query strings.
 * Fixed issue with maxDistance and querystringParams settings combination.
 * Moved some functionality from processData into new separate methods.
+* Removed non-standard $1 RegExp property in processData method.
 
 ### Version 2.6.2
 

readme.md

@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@
 						var exclusiveTest = [];
 
 						for(var l = 0; l < filterTests.length; l++) {
-							exclusiveTest[l] = new RegExp(filterTests[l], 'i').test(data[k]);
+							exclusiveTest[l] = new RegExp(filterTests[l], 'i').test(data[k].replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]/g, ''));
 						}
 
 						if(exclusiveTest.indexOf(true) === -1) {
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
 					}
 					// Inclusive filtering
 					else {
-						if (!(new RegExp(filters[k].join(''), 'i').test(data[k]))) {
+						if (!(new RegExp(filters[k].join(''), 'i').test(data[k].replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]/g, '')))) {
 							filterTest = false;
 						}
 					}
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@
 							if (!taxFilters[k]) {
 								taxFilters[k] = [];
 							}
-							taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*\\b' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1") + '\\b)';
+							taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*\\b' + filters[k][z].replace(/([^\x00-\x7F]|[.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, '') + '\\b)';
 						}
 					}
 				}

src/js/jquery.storelocator.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "title": "jQuery Google Maps Store Locator",
     "description": "This jQuery plugin takes advantage of Google Maps API version 3 to create an easy to implement store locator. No back-end programming is required, you just need to feed it KML, XML, or JSON data with all the location information.",
     "keywords": ["jquery","locator","store", "location", "locations", "maps", "map", "stores", "find"],
-    "version": "2.6.3",
+    "version": "2.7.0",
     "author": {
         "name": "Bjorn Holine",
         "url": "http://www.bjornblog.com/"