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Problem with properties with latin characters

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
angularjs, javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Look at the lexer/parser in angular-filter that processes property names, likely in the unique filter implementation. The issue is about handling non-ASCII characters like 'ö' in property names. Start by examining how the filter currently accesses properties and where the lexer error originates. Test with bracket notation to see if the error persists and understand the scope of changes needed to support Latin characters.

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Description

I'm trying to use the unique filter on a property called 'InköpsNr', but I'm getting the following error:

Lexer Error: Unexpected next character at columns 3-3 [ö] in expression [InköpsNr]

This is often an issue in Angular, but can be solved by using bracket notation instead of dot notation, i.e ['InköpsNr'] but with the unique filter it causes another error.

Is it possible to add support for latin characters in property names, or to add bracket notation support?

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