Search - Wrong search results are displayed when using `.,.` with any random text

[kavimuru]

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Action performed:

1. Open app
2. Tap on search bar on header
3. Type "hhhh.,." (Dot comma dot)

Expected result:

There should be no matching result

Actual result:

There are many search results

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.2.42-1
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos:

Screenrecorder-2022-12-21-15-10-14-209.mov

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @ekramkhan66
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1671535351041409

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[pecanoro]

I am going to take a quick look at the code to see if there is something we can do about it or if this is some limitation on the search functionality.

[laurenreidexpensify]

Confirmed this is reproducible and write up is solid, but just waiting for @pecanoro's take on whether it's a bug or feature

[pecanoro]

Sorry for the delay due to the holidays, looking into it tomorrow morning!

[pecanoro]

Found the cause, this is expected since we allow using commas to search for group chats so every time we introduce a comma, it will start a search for the next search term, in this case .. We return results that match one or more of the search terms.