help me with search function in javascript

[tadevosyanaram]

When I'm writing a script

var j="abcdefg";
j.search( &quot" );

it gives me error. How can i search within a string a simbol "(" or &quot"
thank you

 

[LakshmiKiran]

Use indexOf instead of search.

var str="abcdef(gh";
alert(str.indexOf("(&quot);

This works fine..

 

[vbkris]

correction:
its lastIndexOf("(&quot and not indexOf(java)

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[jemminger]

vbkris,

javascript has both the indexOf() and lastIndexOf() functions...they are comparable to vbscript's InStr and InStrRev functions respectively.


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[vbkris]

ah....

thanks for pointing it out to me...

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[faadiel]

Hi,

Here is a way to find your brackets by using a regular expression in combination with the search() function in javascript

for the openeing bracket use
j.search(/\(/g);

for the closing bracket
j.search(/\)/g);


ciau
Faadiel