How do you search multiple strings with the .search() Method?

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Can the .search Method only search for one string? Or is there a way to get one single .search command to search for multiple strings at once? (By the way, I tried the following code:y.search("c", "b", "a"), where y is an text box input.)

You can try with a regex `(a|b|c)` – Florent Sep 03 '12 at 16:13 — Florent, Sep 03 '12 at 16:13

jeff · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-03T16:25:36.893

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You can't use multiple arguments, but you can use a regex with the or operator (|) like so:

y.search(/c|b|a/);

This method will work for characters that are more than one character long, as well:

y.search(/string1|string2|string3/);

edited Sep 03 '12 at 16:25

answered Sep 03 '12 at 16:13

jeff

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You don't need to wrap multi-character strings in parentheses. – Leftium Sep 03 '12 at 16:20
@Leftium - Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't realize that. – jeff Sep 03 '12 at 16:25

How do you search multiple strings with the .search() Method?

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