jQuery - check If one array item is same with variable

Question

My goal is display alert message if varible test is the same as the one item of the array active.

<p id="user">Steve Jobs</p>

var test = $("#user").text();

var active = [
  "Steve Jobs",
  "Steve Wozniak",
  "Tim Cook"
]

if ( test === active ) {
  alert ("match");
}

How can I make it? Why my script doesn't work?

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"*Why my script doesn't work?*" - your script *does* work, it's just that `test` does not exactly equal `active`; because one is a string and the other is an array. — David Thomas, Jul 14 '16 at 19:29
Possible duplicate of [How do I check if an array includes an object in JavaScript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/237104/how-do-i-check-if-an-array-includes-an-object-in-javascript) — 4castle, Jul 14 '16 at 19:31
@Karolina Ticha: Were you able to resolve this? If so, please remember to accept an answer and upvote. — poppertech, Jul 19 '16 at 22:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:29

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Right now you are testing whether "Steve Jobs" is identical to the array active. You could use $.inArray(test, active); to determine whether "Steve Jobs" is in the active array.

answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:29

poppertech

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Nagaraj Raveendran · Answer 2 · 2016-07-14T19:40:32.353

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var test = $("#user").text();

var active = [
  "Steve Jobs",
  "Steve Wozniak",
  "Tim Cook"
]

if ( $.inarray(test, active) >= 0 ) {
  alert ("match");
}

$.inarray() returns the index of the value that has a match.

edited Jul 14 '16 at 19:40

answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:33

Nagaraj Raveendran

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:35

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In javascript to check an array having a value or not we can use funcion $.inArray(). Please look in to below code.

<p id="user">Steve Jobs</p>

var test = $("#user").text();

var active = [
  "Steve Jobs",
  "Steve Wozniak",
  "Tim Cook"
]

if ($.inArray( test, active )) {
  alert ("match");
}

answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:35

Rahul Patel

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I have checked code.Please use following condition it will work. if ($.inArray( test, active )>=0) { console.log ("match"); } – Rahul Patel Jul 15 '16 at 06:04

jQuery - check If one array item is same with variable

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