Stopped removing *s from the end of search phrases

model/search_params.go

@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ func parseSearchFlags(input []string) ([]string, [][2]string) {
 		}
 
 		if !isFlag {
-			// trim off surrounding punctuation
+			// trim off surrounding punctuation (note that we leave trailing asterisks to allow wildcards)
 			word = puncStart.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
-			word = puncEnd.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
+			word = puncEndWildcard.ReplaceAllString(word, "")
 
 			// and remove extra pound #s
 			word = hashtagStart.ReplaceAllString(word, "#")

model/search_params_test.go

@@ -216,4 +216,8 @@ func TestParseSearchParams(t *testing.T) {
 	if sp := ParseSearchParams("##hashtag +#plus+"); len(sp) != 1 || sp[0].Terms != "#hashtag #plus" || sp[0].IsHashtag != true || len(sp[0].InChannels) != 0 || len(sp[0].FromUsers) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("Incorrect output from parse search params: %v", sp[0])
 	}
+
+	if sp := ParseSearchParams("wildcar*"); len(sp) != 1 || sp[0].Terms != "wildcar*" || sp[0].IsHashtag != false || len(sp[0].InChannels) != 0 || len(sp[0].FromUsers) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Incorrect output from parse search params: %v", sp[0])
+	}
 }

model/utils.go

@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ var validHashtag = regexp.MustCompile(`^(#[A-Za-zäöüÄÖÜß]+[A-Za-z0-9äö
 var puncStart = regexp.MustCompile(`^[.,()&$!\?\[\]{}':;\\<>\-+=%^*|]+`)
 var hashtagStart = regexp.MustCompile(`^#{2,}`)
 var puncEnd = regexp.MustCompile(`[.,()&$#!\?\[\]{}':;\\<>\-+=%^*|]+$`)
+var puncEndWildcard = regexp.MustCompile(`[.,()&$#!\?\[\]{}':;\\<>\-+=%^|]+$`)
 
 func ParseHashtags(text string) (string, string) {
 	words := strings.Fields(text)