Question

Is there a way in JavaScript to get Boolean value for a match of the string against the array of regular expressions?

The example would be (where the ‘if’ statement is representing what I’m trying to achieve):

var thisExpressions = [ '/something/', '/something_else/', '/and_something_else/'];
var thisString = 'else';

if (matchInArray(thisString, thisExpressions)) {

} 

Answer 1

http://jsfiddle.net/9nyhh/1/

var thisExpressions = [/something/, /something_else/, /and_something_else/];
var thisExpressions2 = [/else/, /something_else/, /and_something_else/];
var thisString = 'else';

function matchInArray(string, expressions) {

    var len = expressions.length,
        i = 0;

    for (; i < len; i++) {
        if (string.match(expressions[i])) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;

};

setTimeout(function() {
    console.log(matchInArray(thisString, thisExpressions));
    console.log(matchInArray(thisString, thisExpressions2));
}, 200)​