Let's say I have this:
var blockedTile = new Array("118", "67", "190", "43", "135", "520");
There's more array elements but those are just few for readability purposes. Anyways, I could do a "for" loop but it would do 500 loops everytime you click on the map... is there any other way to see if a certain string is in an array?
16 Answers
Try this:
if(blockedTile.indexOf("118") != -1)
{
// element found
}
As mentioned before, if your browser supports indexOf(), great!
If not, you need to pollyfil it or rely on an utility belt like lodash/underscore.
Just wanted to add this newer ES2016 addition (to keep this question updated):
Array.prototype.includes()
if (blockedTile.includes("118")) {
// found element
}
Some browsers support Array.indexOf().
If not, you could augment the Array object via its prototype like so...
if (!Array.prototype.indexOf)
{
Array.prototype.indexOf = function(searchElement /*, fromIndex */)
{
"use strict";
if (this === void 0 || this === null)
throw new TypeError();
var t = Object(this);
var len = t.length >>> 0;
if (len === 0)
return -1;
var n = 0;
if (arguments.length > 0)
{
n = Number(arguments[1]);
if (n !== n) // shortcut for verifying if it's NaN
n = 0;
else if (n !== 0 && n !== (1 / 0) && n !== -(1 / 0))
n = (n > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(n));
}
if (n >= len)
return -1;
var k = n >= 0
? n
: Math.max(len - Math.abs(n), 0);
for (; k < len; k++)
{
if (k in t && t[k] === searchElement)
return k;
}
return -1;
};
}
function in_array(needle, haystack){
var found = 0;
for (var i=0, len=haystack.length;i<len;i++) {
if (haystack[i] == needle) return i;
found++;
}
return -1;
}
if(in_array("118",array)!= -1){
//is in array
}
Use Underscore.js
It cross-browser compliant and can perform a binary search if your data is sorted.
_.indexOf
_.indexOf(array, value, [isSorted]) Returns the index at which value can be found in the array, or -1 if value is not present in the array. Uses the native indexOf function unless it's missing. If you're working with a large array, and you know that the array is already sorted, pass true for isSorted to use a faster binary search.
