I have an object built up like so:
tabArray.push({'linkId': 'tabBuild', 'id': 'columnRight','url': '/pages/publish/', 'content':response});
How can i use jQuery/javascript to do a test on that object to see if it contains a certain URL?
I tried this: if($.inArray('/pages/publish/', tabArray) > -1) alert('its in there');
But to no avail!
Try the following
var inArray = false;
for (var i = 0; i < tabArray.length; i++) {
if (tabArray[i].url === '/pages/publish') {
inArray = true;
break;
}
}
undefined and fail the comparison with the string literal. I don't see how this will cause a problem.
url is not defined. Accessing it in this way will return undefined, which is not === to '/pages/publish', and the code will continue on its merry way.This should work:
var inArray = !!$.grep(tabArray, function(item) {
return item.url === '/pages/publish/';
}).length;
console.log(inArray); // true
$.inArray won't work as it is only meant to search an array of strings while your array is an array of objects. You can create your own in array method.
var inURLArray = function(url, array) {
for(var i in array) {
if(array[i].url && array[i].url === url)
return true;
}
return false;
}
== here instead of ===? I don't believe the array[i].url && portion is necessary. If array[i].url isn't defined then it will return undefined and fail the comparison with url