Search index not working in String

Question

Hello all,
     I am using String.search(any sentence) in Flash builder 4. If my sentence to be searched include some special characters such as (), then String.search()
     returns -1 although  that sentence is present in the text. However, if I used to search the same sentence without the special characters, it returns the
     appropriate index. Any help will be greatful.
-Thanks in Advance
Vishal Kumar

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks for the reply,
The text is
Volcanic ash guidelines are drawn up by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations body, but experts say there is no commonly agreed safe concentration of ash.
“The ICAO regulation that has prompted this widespread grounding is from experience gained from over 80 incidents between 1980 and 2000 and computer modeling (or) best guestimate,” said aviation consultant Chris Yates.
Now when I search
“The ICAO regulation that has prompted this widespread grounding is from experience gained from over 80 incidents between 1980 and 2000 and computer modeling (or) best guestimate,” said aviation consultant Chris Yates.
It returns -1.
However if I remove special characters () and perform search on
“The ICAO regulation that has prompted this widespread grounding is from experience gained from over 80 incidents between 1980 and 2000 and computer modeling ,
it returns proper search index .
-Thanks
Vishal Kumar