Array and String Object

[wuzzle]

How would I write a script that uses an Array, the String Object and a loop to cycle through the strings in the array and find a certain string?
I want it to prompt the user to tell what month they were born in, and then tell them what their zodiac sign is.

questionarray = new Array(13);
questionarray[0] = "January"
questionarray[1] = "February"
questionarray[2] = "March"
questionarray[3] = "April"
questionarray[4] = "May"
questionarray[5] = "June"
questionarray[6] = "July"
questionarray[7] = "August"
questionarray[10] = "September"
questionarray[11] = "October"
questionarray[12] = "November"
questionarray[13] = "December"

var searchstring = prompt("What month were you born in?","Enter your birth month"

...?

 

[GIGN]

Well you would do something like:

function getMonth(searchstring){
var month = "invalid month";
for(var j =0; j< questionarray.length;j++){

if( questionarray[j] == searchstring){
// decide what data you want to return

month = j;
}
else{/* do nothing */}
}
return month;
}

Function returns the integer coresspondong to the matching entry in the array.
If no match - the string invalid month is returned.You could add to this and make it pop up an alert or the prompt again.
Perhaps you want to convert what they enter to lowercase, and change your array entries to lowercase, to avoid some errors, when trying for a match - maybe you could use a select box?

b² - benbiddington@surf4nix.com