jQuery: Search text in string

Question

I try this:

form['comment'] = '<blockquote>test</blockquote><a href="#">test</a> <Your reply here>';

if($(form['comment']).search('<Your reply here>'))
    alert(1)
else
    alert(0)

But have this error:

TypeError: $(form.comment).search is not a function

I fix this problem that:

if(form['comment'].value.search('<Вашият отговор тук>') != -1)
    alert(1)
else
    alert(0)

…and it does search for regular expressions, not for substrings — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Sep 16, 2012 at 16:48
Rather than edit the title with [RESOLVED] or similar, mark the correct answer as accepted by clicking the checkmark beside it. — Michael Berkowski
– Michael Berkowski, Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 13:10

Korvin Szanto · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-16 14:34:31Z

3

What you want is $(form['comment']).text().search()

So:

form = [];
form['comment'] = '<blockquote>test</blockquote><a href="#">test</a> <Your reply here>';

if(form['comment'].search('<Your reply here>') != -1)
    alert(1)
else
    alert(0)

Here's a working example.

edited Sep 16, 2012 at 14:34

answered Sep 16, 2012 at 14:23

Korvin Szanto

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Korvin Szanto Over a year ago

It will always alert 1 because in that example, there is always "<Your reply here>" in the text.

Defense Over a year ago

But when I remove <Your reply here> form text again alert 1 :)

user1941944 Over a year ago

How to get start and end index of search results?

abuduba · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-16 19:47:42Z

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To find out that is matching string to other you don't need jQuery!.

var comment = "<blockquote>test</blockquote><a href="#">test</a> <Your reply here>",
    search = "<Your reply here>";


comment.indexOf( search ) != -1;  //  indexOf returns -1 when search does not match
/<Your reply here>/.test( comment ); // returns true when search is in comment.

answered Sep 16, 2012 at 19:47

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