I have a gigantic list (800 items) and one really long string. I want to get the first item in the array that matches the part of the string and stored in a variable.
My code currently:
for (var i = 0; i<gigantic_genre_array.length; i++) {
var test_genre = thelongstr.indexOf(gigantic_genre_array[i]);
if(test_genre != -1) {
tag1 = gigantic_genre_array[test_genre];
alert(tag1);
}
}
This doesn't work like I thought it would, any suggestions?
Try this:
for(var i = 0; i<gigantic_genre_array.length; i++){
var test_genre = thelongstr.indexOf(gigantic_genre_array[i]);
if(test_genre!=-1){
tag1 = gigantic_genre_array[i];
alert(tag1);
}
}
i..!
gigantic_genre_array[test_genre] to gigantic_genre_array[i]
tag1 = gigantic_genre_array[i]; instead of tag1 = gigantic_genre_array[test_genre];Do the process reversely it will be efficient too.
var wordArray = thelongstr.split(' ');
for(var i=0,len = wordArray.length; i < len; i++)
{
if(gigantic_genre_array.indexOf(wordArray[i]) > -1)
{
alert(wordArray[i]);
}
}
You may create a RegExp based on the array and test it against the string:
var gigantic_genre_array=['foo','bar','foobar'];
var thelongstr='where is the next bar';
alert(new RegExp(gigantic_genre_array.join('|')).exec(thelongstr)||[null][0]);
//returns bar
