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How do I check if string contains substring?

Asked 2010-08-13T21:25:54.837
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I have a shopping cart that displays product options in a dropdown menu and if they select "yes", I want to make some other fields on the page visible.

The problem is that the shopping cart also includes the price modifier in the text, which can be different for each product. The following code works:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('select[id="Engraving"]').change(function() {
        var str = $('select[id="Engraving"] option:selected').text();
        if (str == "Yes (+ $6.95)") {
            $('.engraving').show();
        } else {
            $('.engraving').hide();
        }
    });
});

However I would rather use something like this, which doesn't work:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('select[id="Engraving"]').change(function() {
        var str = $('select[id="Engraving"] option:selected').text();
        if (str *= "Yes") {
            $('.engraving').show();
        } else {
            $('.engraving').hide();
        }
    });
});

I only want to perform the action if the selected option contains the word "Yes", and would ignore the price modifier.

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You can use this Polyfill in ie and chrome

if (!('contains' in String.prototype)) {
    String.prototype.contains = function (str, startIndex) {
        "use strict";
        return -1 !== String.prototype.indexOf.call(this, str, startIndex);
    };
}
answered 2013-07-03T14:09:12.233

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