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<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
  <title>jQuery UI Autocomplete - Multiple values</title>

  <script>
  $(function() {
    var availableTags = [
     {label: 'honey', value: 1},
     {label: 'apples', value: 2},
     {label: 'milk', value: 3},
     {label: 'tea', value: 4},
     {label: 'oranges', value: 5},
     {label: 'bread', value: 6},
     {label: 'cheese', value: 7},
     {label: 'apple-sauce', value: 8},
     {label: 'cream-cheese', value: 9}
      ];
    function split( val ) {
      return val.split( /,\s*/ );
    }
    function extractLast( term ) {
      return split( term ).pop();
    }
 
    $( "#tags" )
      // don't navigate away from the field on tab when selecting an item
      .bind( "keydown", function( event ) {
        if ( event.keyCode === $.ui.keyCode.TAB &&
            $( this ).autocomplete( "instance" ).menu.active ) {
          event.preventDefault();
        }
      })
      .autocomplete({
        minLength: 0,
        source: function( request, response ) {
          // delegate back to autocomplete, but extract the last term
          response( $.ui.autocomplete.filter(
            availableTags, extractLast( request.term ) ) );
        },
        create: function () {
            $(this).data('ui-autocomplete')._renderItem = function (ul, item) {
            debugger
            var startIndex = item.label.indexOf($("#tags" ).val())
            var endIndex = startIndex + $("#tags" ).val().length;
              var totalLength = $("#tags" ).val();
              var arr = item.label.split('');
              var newLabel="<label>";
              for(var i=0 ; i < arr.length; i++){
                newLabel+= (i>= startIndex && i < endIndex) ? "<b>"+arr[i]+"</b>": arr[i];
              }
              newLabel += "</label>"

                return...