Question

i have a json array

var a_values = new Array();
a_values["AF:All"] = new Array('KBL:Kabul','US:New york');
a_values["AL:All"] = new Array('TIA:Tirana');

How can i find , whether a given string is in a_values, using jquery

for example, i need to check whether ‘Kabul’ is there , in a_values

Answer 1

I think you’d like this a little better:

var abbreviations = new Array();
abbreviations['AF'] = new Array();
abbreviations['AF']['KBL'] = 'Kabul';
abbreviations['AF']['US'] = 'New York';
abbreviations['AL'] = new Array();
abbreviations['AL']['TIA'] = 'Tirana';

Then there are two ways of checking for existence of a string. One would be:

JSON.stringify(abbreviations).indexOf('Kabul') >= 0

And another would be to loop through the array with a for loop, looking at each value.