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I have the following which contains a list of names

 var myList = @Html.Raw(new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(Model.Names));

I have a textbox in which the user enters a name and I have to search through myList and see if it contains that name?

How can I do that? I can see the data in myList are as follows:

Albert, Jack, Jim, Tom

Read textbox value :

var NameEntered = $("#Name").val();

e.g, If the user enters the name "Albert", it should be able to give me a true as answer in javasript or razor

@Bergi it's probably C# (razor). But definitely not plain js. — Prinzhorn, May 16 '13 at 11:15
@Barmar in Razor, the `@` indicates that some C# is about to be used — snumpy, May 16 '13 at 11:17
possible duplicate of [array.contains(obj) in JavaScript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/237104/array-containsobj-in-javascript) — Bergi, May 16 '13 at 11:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Assuming modern browser:

if(NameEntered && myList.indexOf(NameEntered) >= 0){
    alert("This name is in the list: " + NameEntered );
}

However, this is very primitive. A better solution would be to split the string into array and check each member for the existance of name.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered May 16 '13 at 11:17

GEMI

@Bergi what browser are you using? Are you getting an error message? – GEMI May 16 '13 at 12:28
No but `if(["Albert",…].indexOf("Albert")){ alert(…); }` does not alert (and any browser that does is buggy) – Bergi May 16 '13 at 12:35
Sorry my bad, fixed. But anyway this is a very simple solution because it does not account for capitalization and will work with strings like "bert" or "im" :) – GEMI May 16 '13 at 12:38

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