Can we use or (||) in search()?

Question

function functiont(){
    var a = document.getElementById("q").value;
    var b = a.toLowerCase();
    var x = b.search("news"||"headline"||"headlines");//is this possible?
    if(x != -1){
        $("p").text("here are the results");
    } else{
        $("p").text("sorry");
    }

Is the following thing possible or I have to create more variables and search for all the keywords?

Possible duplicate of [How do you search multiple strings with the .search() Method?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12251197/how-do-you-search-multiple-strings-with-the-search-method) — JJJ, May 07 '17 at 11:54

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '17 at 11:56

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You can use regular expressions in the search method:

b.search(/news|headline|headlines/);

https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/search

answered May 07 '17 at 11:56

Benedikt

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To add to this answer, you don't need the plural of headline to be listed, as the match will occur no matter is there is an 's' or not with this regex. – Kuu Aku May 07 '17 at 12:03
@Benedikt Thanks a lot – Sarthak Singhal May 07 '17 at 12:07
@Kuu Aku Thanks a lot – Sarthak Singhal May 07 '17 at 12:07

Can we use or (||) in search()?

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