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Blooheek
Blooheek

Reputation: 43

javascript search string contains ' + '

i would to search a string into another string but i'm facing an issue.

There is my code :

reference = "project/+bug/1234";
str = "+bug/1234";
alert(reference.search(str));
//it should alert 8 (index of matched strings)

but it alert -1 : so, str wasn't found into reference.

I've found what's the problem is, and it seems to be the " + " character into str, because .search("string+str") seems to evaluate searched string with the regex " + "

Upvotes: 2

Views: 144

Answers (2)

Vishnu Sureshkumar
Vishnu Sureshkumar

Reputation: 2316

Try this:

reference = "project/+bug/1234";
str = "+bug/1234";
alert(reference.indexOf("+bug/1234"));

Upvotes: 0

Martin Ender
Martin Ender

Reputation: 44259

Just use string.indexOf(). It takes a literal string instead of converting the string to a RegExp object (like string.search() does):

> reference = "project/+bug/1234";
> str = "+bug/1234";
> console.log(reference.indexOf(str));
8

Upvotes: 3

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