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Short code for checking if a variable also exists inside an array is needed. Im thinking something like this:

   var category='cars';
   if (in_array(category, some_array)){
       do stuff!
   }

Is there any such function in js?

Thanks

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if (some_array.indexOf(category) >= 0) {
   // do stuff
}

(Ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global_Objects/Array/indexOf)

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Not native in IE, but the link you posted does show an example implementation using Array.prototype.
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There's no native "in_array"-function in JavaScript (as in PHP), check out this solution:

http://phpjs.org/functions/in_array:432

Also a search would have lead you here:

JavaScript equivalent of PHP's in_array()

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if(some_array[category] !== undefined){
  // it's there
}
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