AS3/Flash: check if a variable value exists in an array

Question

Is it possible (in a short way) to check if:

var name = "Nora";

Exists in:

var names:Array = ["Mary", "Porter", "Nora", "Flint", "Elsa", "Clair",...];

Thanks.

Marty · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30 06:16:42Z

5

if( names.indexOf( name ) > -1 )
{
    // Success
}

Marty

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answered Aug 30, 2013 at 6:05

Ivan Chernykh

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So I can use if (names.indexOf( name )<0). Many thanks Cherniv, indeed.

Yasuyuki Uno · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30 06:10:49Z

3

Use array.indexOf(value).

if (names.indexOf(name) != -1)
{
    // Exist
}
else
{
    // Not exist
}

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 6:10

Yasuyuki Uno

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