Is it possible to check if multiple items are contained within an array using jquery's inArray function?
if ($.inArray('foo' && 'bar', array) == -1) {
// Neither foo or bar in array
});
Thanks
3 Answers
With jQuery.inArray, you can (quoting) :
Search for a specified value within an array and return its index (or -1 if not found).
Looking at that documentation page, it doesn't seem you can pass more than one value to that function.
So, why not call that function twice : one time for 'foo', and one time for 'bar' :
if ($.inArray('foo', array) == -1 && $.inArray('bar', array) == -1) {
// Neither foo or bar in array
}
3 Comments
Pascal MARTIN
If you have several items, you could put those in an array -- and, then, loop over that array of items, calling
jQuery.inArray for each item.var arr= ['foo','bar'];
var length = arr.length;
for ( var i = 0 ; i < length; i++ ) {
if(jQuery.inArray(arr[i],array) > -1) {
// do whatever you want.
}
}
Comments
What about?
if (array.join(",").match(/foo|bar/gi).length == 2){
//
}
or
var find = ["foo","bar"], exp = new RegExp(find.join("|"), "gi");
if (array.join(",").match(exp).length == find.length){
//
}
