From 4751389b3ca613ac8d10e369dc4de949628716d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Lind <jlind@tableausoftware.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 23:19:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add search by key string function

---
 jstorage.js | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jstorage.js b/jstorage.js
index 1ac8fcc..3e15547 100644
--- a/jstorage.js
+++ b/jstorage.js
@@ -746,6 +746,33 @@
             return typeof(def) == 'undefined' ? null : def;
         },
 
+        /**
+         * Looks up items by key match.
+         *
+         * @param {String} string - Value to match on.
+         * @return {array} List of storage items.
+         */
+        search: function(str) {
+            var returnVals = [];
+
+            for (i in _storage) {
+                if (_storage.hasOwnProperty(i) && i != '__jstorage_meta') {
+                    if (str) {
+                        // remove unwanted types and return records
+                        if (_storage[i].match(new RegExp(str, "g")) !== null) {
+                            returnVals.push($.extend(_storage[_storage[i]], {_key: _storage[i]}));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        // return everything
+                        returnVals.push($.extend(_storage[_storage[i]], {_key: _storage[i]}));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return returnVals;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Deletes a key from cache.
          *
@@ -993,4 +1020,4 @@
     // Initialize jStorage
     _init();
 
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+})();