Like Statement jQuery

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I need to print some text if the result has similar text, is there a like statement in jquery? Similar to how you use LIKE in SQL?

if (r.events[i].room = 'craig')
                $('#'+r.events[i].slot).append('<br />').append('craighouse');

See this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7569782/jquery-search-text-in-elements-as-sql-query-like — Bikas, Feb 27 '14 at 11:24

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '14 at 11:23

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There is no LIKE statement. However, you can search for one string within another using indexOf():

if (r.events[i].room.indexOf('craig') != -1) // -1 = not found
    $('#'+r.events[i].slot).append('<br />').append('craighouse');

answered Feb 27 '14 at 11:23

Rory McCrossan

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thanks for the response but I keep getting an error claiming "Cannot call method 'indexOf' of undefined " – user3080562 Feb 27 '14 at 11:27
`r.events[i].room` is undefined ;) – Rory McCrossan Feb 27 '14 at 11:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 11:23

You can use indexOf

It returns -1 if no match is found.

if (r.events[i].room.toUpperCase().indexOf('craig'.toUpperCase()) != -1)
                $('#'+r.events[i].slot).append('<br />').append('craighouse');

also, you can use toUpperCase if you don't want a match that depends on the case of the string.

Like Statement jQuery

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