From cc5890f13691eab41e3a99b60bebd6acf01fd2c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alexmcdermid <alexander.mcdermid@alumni.ubc.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:26:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] change penLocalIdName regex

---
 backend/src/components/studentFilters.js | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/src/components/studentFilters.js b/backend/src/components/studentFilters.js
index a39d9fb2..4b898362 100644
--- a/backend/src/components/studentFilters.js
+++ b/backend/src/components/studentFilters.js
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ function createMoreFiltersSearchCriteria(searchFilter = []) {
         // pValue consists only of numbers
         let penCriteria = createLocalIdPenSearchCriteria(pValue.toString());
         penLocalIdNameFilter.push(...penCriteria);
-      } else if (/^[a-zA-Z]+$/.test(pValue)) {
-        // pValue consists only of alphabetical characters
+      } else if (/^[a-z\-.'\s]+$/i.test(pValue)) {
+        // pValue consists only of alphabetical characters and allowed name characters
         let nameCriteria = createMultiFieldNameSearchCriteria(pValue.toString());
         penLocalIdNameFilter.push(...nameCriteria);
-      } else if (/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/.test(pValue)) {
-        // pValue contains both numbers and alphabetical characters
+      } else {
+        // pValue contains both numbers and alphabetical characters or unknown characters
         let nameCriteria = createMultiFieldNameSearchCriteria(pValue.toString());
         let penCriteria = createLocalIdPenSearchCriteria(pValue.toString());
         penLocalIdNameFilter.push(...nameCriteria, ...penCriteria);