Detect if a String Contains Another String when the string is delimited unusually [duplicate]
I have a string delimited like so (it’s not an array it’s a straight string)
string = ” [United States] [Canada] [India] “;
I want to do something like below.
if( string contains "Canada" ) {
//Do Canada stuff here
}
Thanks for any tips
var string = '[United States][Canada][India]';
var search="Canada";
if (string.indexOf('[' + search + ']') !== -1) {
// Whatever
}
Just extend the String methods… as a bonus i added a case-insensitive match
// Only line you really need
String.prototype.has = function(text) { return this.toLowerCase().indexOf("[" + text.toLowerCase() + "]") != -1; };
// As per your example
var Countries = " [United States] [Canada] [India] ";
// Check Spain
if (Countries.has("Spain")) {
alert("We got Paella!");
}
// Check Canada
if (Countries.has("Canada")) {
alert("We got canadian girls!");
}
// Check Malformed Canada
if (Countries.has("cAnAdA")) {
alert("We got insensitive cAnAdiAn girls!");
}
// This Check should be false, as it only matches part of a country
if (Countries.has("Ana")) {
alert("We got Ana, bad, bad!");
}
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