​

      var wordlist = [

          'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',

          'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November',

          'December', 'Yammer', 'Yaw', 'Yawn', 'Auspiscious',

          'Arbitrage', 'Arbiter', 'Arbor', 'Ardor', 'Ardent',

          'Concrete', 'Conscious', 'Uptight', 'Uplevel', 'Friend',

          'Depend', 'Deepend', 'Deepen', 'Decommit', 'Right', 'Now',

          'Knowledge', 'Knight', 'Know', 'Knickers', 'Wow', 'Holy',

          'Velocity', 'Rational', 'Quiet', 'Quick', 'Quite', 'Quotient',

          'Wait', "Wither", "Whither", "Indignant", 'Jingle', 'Bells',

          'Snow', 'Sled', 'Dinner', 'Open', 'Fancy', 'Farsighted',

          'Farther', 'Giant', 'Ginormous', 'Giggle', 'License',

          'Follow', 'Foil', 'Foe', 'Swing', 'Sweater', 'Sweetheart',

          'Terrarium', 'Corn', 'Coal', 'Colocate', 'Coil', 'Likeness',

          'Jail', 'Chill', 'Last', 'Holiday', 'House', 'Chip', 'Grain',

          'Grand', 'Creek', 'Crumple', 'Crash', 'Crunch', 'Challenge',

          'Patience', 'Wisdom', 'Creak', 'Point', 'Warmth',

          'Imaginative', 'Imagine', 'Imaginative', 'Smokes', 'Calumny',

          'Call', 'California', 'Can', 'Cat', 'Petition','Pelt',

          'Random', 'Delicious', 'Cartwheel', 'Venetian', 'Lake',

          'Work', 'Music', 'Trumpet', 'Arbitrary', 'Distance',

          'Geography', 'Wrapper', 'Wren', 'Wrestle', 'Trestle', 'Treat',

          'Trick', 'Trip', 'Trying', 'Opine', 'Father', 'Fallacious',

          'Fallacy', 'Falling', 'Rain', 'Blue', 'Safe', 'Utility',

          'Carpet', 'Imitate', 'Immigrant', 'Immigrate', 'Grate',

          'Great', 'Snip', 'Sniff', 'Snoot', 'Swat', 'Hoot', 'Gig',

          'Angel', 'Angina', 'Chocolate', 'Chick', 'Check', 'Chock',

          'Chaff', 'Delist', 'Delightful', 'Delete', 'Jam', 'Debt',

          'Set', 'Sex', 'Serrated', 'Realistic', 'Relative', 'Redo',

          'Renege', 'Real', 'Regret', 'Tip', 'Tick', 'Tin',

          'Tickle','Rip', 'Ride','Cull', 'Culinary',

          'Caulk','Knee','Potato', 'Potential','Pore','Poor','Pie',

          'Pickle', 'Piquant','Puppy' , 'Pump', 'Putrid', 'Power',

          'Punt','Peck','Pester', 'Pert', 'Few', 'Febrile',

          'Fickle','Fin', 'Fine', 'Fit','Baby', 'Barista',

          'Bark','Bail', 'Backboard', 'Basil', 'Hello', 'Helium',

          'Heckle', 'Hence', 'Low', 'Love', 'Long', 'Locked', 'Woe',

          'Wombat','Worsted','Pants', 'Paint', 'Patent','Palpable',

          'Conical', 'Tongue', 'Tarriff', 'Tax', 'Tange',

          'Tahoma','Curve','Curt','Ceiling', 'Conundrum', 'Coffee',

          'Haberdasher', 'Teamwork', 'Eritrea', 'Erudition', 'Titanium',

          'Prepare', 'Predisposed', 'Pretend', 'Twang', 'Tweak',

          'Polite', 'Dahlia', 'Dancing', 'Daft', 'Rope', 'Rodent',

          'Luck', 'Luke','Rutabaga','Ruckus', 'Rubber','Woot','Frank',

          'Aspire', 'Asinine', 'Aspersion','Attire', 'Attentive',

          'Attract','Fracture','Whammy','Whether','Wick','Sophomoric',

          'Socialist', 'Sonorous', 'Sound', 'Snarl','Street', 'Strict',

          'Stammer', 'Stick', 'Stay', 'Stumped', 'Stew', 'Shut', 'Ship',

          'Shush', 'Shapely', 'Shudder', 'Shambles', 'Sample', 'Samuel',

          'Same', 'Trust', 'Grapple', 'Grin', 'Ski', 'Skip', 'Scuttle',

          'Scrape','Skiff', 'Scamper', 'Science', 'Silence', 'Silo',

          'Silt', 'Silky', 'Smooth', 'Smother', 'Special', 'Sputter',

          'Split', 'Spline', 'Spin', 'Smile','Stiff','Stack','Stuck',

          'Torque', 'Tone', 'Ton', 'Tornado', 'Hurricane', 'Hurry',

          'Helpful','Weigh', 'Went', 'Weather', 'Wet', 'Sophia',

          'Write','Wrought', 'Gift', 'Lick', 'List','Fraud', 'Viper',

          'Vine', 'Vindicated', 'Voice', 'Vouch', 'Pound', 'Pouch',

          'Through', 'Thickness', 'Thought', 'Thorough', 'Thrift',

          'Though', 'Thanks', 'Thud', 'Tanks', 'Tingle', 'Tiny',

          'Tents', 'Affirmed', 'Afterwards', 'Affair', 'Affront',

          'Front', 'Back', 'Ballast', 'Frame', 'Tug', 'Tussle',

          'Torrent', 'Together', 'Switch', 'Wedge', 'Rent', 'Insipid',

          'Inside', 'Indoors', 'Infinite', 'Indecent', 'Decent',

          'Into', 'Enter', 'Ensure', 'Insure', 'Endowed', 'Enthralled',

          'Encourage', 'Cuff', 'Whiz', 'Wizard', 'Bullet', 'Bulwark',

          'Bull', 'Billet', 'Blame', 'Blimp', 'Boil', 'Boneyard',

          'Ballistic', 'Bonsai', 'Rote', 'Hone','Dote', 'Door',

          'Dorothy', 'Donor', 'Dry', 'Drip', 'Drain', 'Dross',

          'Cross', 'Crisp', 'Drafty', 'Pull', 'Deny', 'Donate',

          'Drift', 'Dip', 'Educate', 'Editor', 'Elucidate', 'Elapsed',

          'Erase', 'Erode', 'Cede', 'Cetacean','Frigid', 'Pleasure',

          'Plow', 'Plumb', 'Jump', 'Julian', 'Joke', 'Jocular',

          'Jovian', 'Jordan', 'River', 'Arrest', 'Arrive', 'Riven'

      ];

​

​

      wordlist.sort();

​

​

      function monkeyPatchAutocomplete() {

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          // Don't really need to save the old fn, 

          // but I could chain if I wanted to

          var oldFn = $.ui.autocomplete.prototype._renderItem;

​

          $.ui.autocomplete.prototype._renderItem = function( ul, item) {

              var re = new RegExp("^" + this.term, "i") ;

              var t = item.label.replace(re,"<span style='font-weight:bold;color:Blue;'>" + this.term + "</span>");

              return $( "<li></li>" )

                  .data( "item.autocomplete", item )

                  .append( "<a>" + t + "</a>" )

                  .appendTo( ul );

          };

      }

​

​

      $(document).ready(function() {

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          monkeyPatchAutocomplete();

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          $("#input1").autocomplete({

              // The source option can be an array of terms.  In this case, if

              // the typed characters appear in any position in a term, then the

              // term is included in the autocomplete list.

              // The source option can also be a function that performs the search,

              // and calls a response function with the matched entries.

              source: function(req, responseFn) {

                  addMessage("search on: '" + req.term + "'<br/>");

                  var re = $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(req.term);

                  var matcher = new RegExp( "^" + re, "i" );

                  var a = $.grep( wordlist, function(item,index){

                      //addMessage("&nbsp;&nbsp;sniffing: '" + item + "'<br/>");

                      return matcher.test(item);

                  });

                  addMessage("Result: " + a.length + " items<br/>");

                  responseFn( a );

              },

​

              select: function(value, data){

                  if (typeof data == "undefined") {

                      addMessage('You selected: ' + value + "<br/>");

                  }else {

                      addMessage('You selected: ' + data.item.value + "<br/>");

                  }

              }

          });

      });

​

    function addMessage(msg){

        $('#msgs').append(msg);

    }

​

​