Searching String 1

[TheConeHead]

I want to be able to search something like:

var holder = "123456";

to find out if a character is there, like "3"

I tried holder.search(/3/i) but that just returns where it is... I just want like a true/false returned if the character is found in the string....

 

[2ni]

function inStr(szStr,szChar)
{
return (szStr.indexOf(szChar) != -1) ? true : false;
}

alert(inStr("123456","3&quot);

alert(inStr("123456","8&quot);

 

[kaht]

try this:

(/[3]/).test(holder)

-kaht

 

[theboyhope]

You could just use

search()

as you were at the start, Conehead.

Like:

if( holder.search(/3/i) != -1 )

. Though it's not a bad idea to tidy it up into a function.

 

[clarkin]

I think kaht's solution is best, you were close with the reg exp.

/3/.test(holder) //returns true if 3 is in holder

Posting code? Wrap it with code tags: [ignore]

[/ignore][code]CodeHere

[ignore][/code][/ignore].

 

[kaht]

I tested /[3]/.test(holder) and it worked too, I'm guessing the []'s are so that you can provide multiple chars?

-kaht

 

[clarkin]

Sorry " you were close with the reg exp." - the you was meant at TheConeHead and his original reg exp attempt.

You are right about the [], if you put in [35] it would mean a 3 or a 5.

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[/ignore][code]CodeHere

[ignore][/code][/ignore].

 

[kaht]

thanks for the tip

-kaht