n">);</code></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<div id="option-minLength" class="api-item">
<h3>minLength<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types#Integer">Integer</a></span>
</h3>
<div class="default">
<strong>Default: </strong><code>1</code>
</div>
<div>The minimum number of characters a user must type before a search is performed. Zero is useful for local data with just a few items, but a higher value should be used when a single character sear