IN clause using JavaScript code

Question

I have JavaScript code in my app that checks values using the OR(||) condition as in code snippet below. The number of OR conditions is not small in most of my code.

Question : Is there a way to make the code that has many multiple OR conditions more concise by using something like this: value IN ('s','b','g','p','z') ? I was interested in something that comes as close as possible to an IN clause.

if(value === "s" || value === "b" || value === "g" || value === "p" || value === "z") {

  //do something

 }

Answer 1

The simplest way is to create an array of valid values, then make sure your value is in that list. You can use the indexOf method for that:

var allowed = ['s', 'b', 'g', 'p', 'z'];
if (allowed.indexOf(value) !== -1) {
  // do something
}

The ES6 standard introduces Sets, which has a has method to do a similar thing on unique values.

This will work for strings, numbers, and other simple non-object values. Comparing objects with === will only succeed if the array/set already contains the exact same object.

Answer 2

You can also use javascript .includes() helper.

The includes() method determines whether an array includes a certain element, returning true or false as appropriate.

 var array1 = [1, 2, 3]; console.log(array1.includes(2)); // expected output: true var pets = ['cat', 'dog', 'bat']; console.log(pets.includes('cat')); // expected output: true console.log(pets.includes('at')); // expected output: false 

Answer 3

You could do something like this:

var values = ['s','b','g','p','z'];

if (values.indexOf(value) > -1)

Answer 4

There is, in fact, an in in JavaScript and it can be used for your case exactly. Construct a dictionary with any values you like, but using your allowed letters as the keys:

allowed = { 's':true, 'b':true, 'g':true, 'p':true, 'z':true };

Now you can use the in test directly (and more efficiently than a lookup in a list). Here copied from my JavaScript console:

's' in allowed
true

'q' in allowed
false

Answer 5

A solution for single characters:

 var value = 'g'; if (~'sbgpz'.indexOf(value)) { document.write(value + ' found'); } 

A solution for strings characters:

 var value = 'go'; if (~['so', 'bo', 'go', 'po', 'zo'].indexOf(value)) { document.write(value + ' found'); } 

A solution for object properties:

 var value = 'go'; var toDo = { so: function () { document.write('prop so found'); }, go: function () { document.write('prop go found'); } }; value in toDo && toDo[value](); 

Answer 6

Why not lodash's includes function?

var val = 's';
var criterion = ['s','b','g','p','z'];
_.includes(criterion, val);

returns true ;