JavaScript array_search
Searches the array for a given value and returns the corresponding key if successful
1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 1516 17 18 19 2021 22 | function array_search (needle, haystack, argStrict) { // Searches the array for a given value and returns the corresponding key if successful // // version: 909.322 // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/array_search // + original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net) // + input by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me) // + bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net) // * example 1: array_search('zonneveld', {firstname: 'kevin', middle: 'van', surname: 'zonneveld'}); // * returns 1: 'surname' var strict = !!argStrict; var key = ''; for (key in haystack) { if ((strict && haystack[key] === needle) || (!strict && haystack[key] == needle)) { return key; } } return false; } |
Examples
Running
1 | array_search('zonneveld', {firstname: 'kevin', middle: 'van', surname: 'zonneveld'}); |
Should return
1 | 'surname' |
Dependencies
No dependencies, you can use this function standalone.
Open syntax issues
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