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diff --git a/client/src/app/search/highlight.pipe.ts b/client/src/app/search/highlight.pipe.ts
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+import { PipeTransform, Pipe } from '@angular/core'
+import { SafeHtml } from '@angular/platform-browser'
+
+// Thanks https://gist.github.com/adamrecsko/0f28f474eca63e0279455476cc11eca7#gistcomment-2917369
+@Pipe({ name: 'highlight' })
+export class HighlightPipe implements PipeTransform {
+  /* use this for single match search */
+  static SINGLE_MATCH = 'Single-Match'
+  /* use this for single match search with a restriction that target should start with search string */
+  static SINGLE_AND_STARTS_WITH_MATCH = 'Single-And-StartsWith-Match'
+  /* use this for global search */
+  static MULTI_MATCH = 'Multi-Match'
+
+  transform (
+    contentString: string = null,
+    stringToHighlight: string = null,
+    option = 'Single-And-StartsWith-Match',
+    caseSensitive = false,
+    highlightStyleName = 'search-highlight'
+  ): SafeHtml {
+    if (stringToHighlight && contentString && option) {
+      let regex: any = ''
+      const caseFlag: string = !caseSensitive ? 'i' : ''
+
+      switch (option) {
+        case 'Single-Match': {
+          regex = new RegExp(stringToHighlight, caseFlag)
+          break
+        }
+        case 'Single-And-StartsWith-Match': {
+          regex = new RegExp('^' + stringToHighlight, caseFlag)
+          break
+        }
+        case 'Multi-Match': {
+          regex = new RegExp(stringToHighlight, 'g' + caseFlag)
+          break
+        }
+        default: {
+          // default will be a global case-insensitive match
+          regex = new RegExp(stringToHighlight, 'gi')
+        }
+      }
+
+      const replaced = contentString.replace(
+        regex,
+        (match) => `<span class="${highlightStyleName}">${match}</span>`
+      )
+
+      return replaced
+    } else {
+      return contentString
+    }
+  }
+}