How to check if a string array contains one string in JavaScript?
JavascriptArraysStringTestingJavascript Problem Overview
I have a string array and one string. I'd like to test this string against the array values and apply a condition the result - if the array contains the string do "A", else do "B".
How can I do that?
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
There is an indexOf
method that all arrays have (except Internet Explorer 8 and below) that will return the index of an element in the array, or -1 if it's not in the array:
if (yourArray.indexOf("someString") > -1) {
//In the array!
} else {
//Not in the array
}
If you need to support old IE browsers, you can polyfill this method using the code in the MDN article.
Solution 2 - Javascript
You can use the indexOf
method and "extend" the Array class with the method contains
like this:
Array.prototype.contains = function(element){
return this.indexOf(element) > -1;
};
with the following results:
["A", "B", "C"].contains("A")
equals true
["A", "B", "C"].contains("D")
equals false
Solution 3 - Javascript
var stringArray = ["String1", "String2", "String3"];
return (stringArray.indexOf(searchStr) > -1)
Solution 4 - Javascript
Create this function prototype:
Array.prototype.contains = function ( needle ) {
for (var i in this) { // Loop through every item in array
if (this[i] == needle) return true; // return true if current item == needle
}
return false;
}
and then you can use following code to search in array x
if (x.contains('searchedString')) {
// do a
}
else
{
// do b
}
Solution 5 - Javascript
This will do it for you:
function inArray(needle, haystack) {
var length = haystack.length;
for(var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
if(haystack[i] == needle)
return true;
}
return false;
}
I found it in Stack Overflow question JavaScript equivalent of PHP's in_array().