Ignore internal wildcards

- Trying to escape internal wildcards was proving too troublesome

Author: trslater

services/apps/alcs/src/utils/search-helper.spec.ts

@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ describe('formatStringToSearchStringWithWildCard', () => {
     expect(actualOutput).toBe(expectedOutput);
   });
 
-  test('should escape internal wildcards', () => {
-    const input = 'mult%iple %words';
-    const expectedOutput = 'mult\\%iple %words';
-    const actualOutput = formatNameSearchString(input);
-    expect(actualOutput).toBe(expectedOutput);
-  });
-
   test('should trim input and format string correctly', () => {
     const input = '   trimmed word  ';
     const expectedOutput = 'trimmed word';

services/apps/alcs/src/utils/search-helper.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const formatNameSearchString = (input: string): string | null => {
         return null;
       }
 
-      return matches[1] + matches[2].replace('/%/g', `\\%`) + matches[3];
+      return matches[1] + matches[2].replace(/%/g, '') + matches[3];
     })
     .join(' ');
 };