check if word already exists in the array [duplicate] - javascript

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Check if string inside an array javascript
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I'm trying to check if the inputted word is already inside of my array. SO for example, if someone enters 'cat' more than once an error message will display saying "cat has already been entered". I've tried a few different combinations of code but nothing I do seems to work. The findword function is what I have so far. Can someone take a look at my code and explain why its not working and provide a possible fix.
On another note, why doesn't the "word: empty" message pop up when the input field has been left blank?.
<body>
<input type="text" id=input></input>
<button onclick="addword()" class="button" type = "button">Add word</button><br><br>
<button onclick="start()" class="button" type = "button">Process word</button><br><br>
<p id="ErrorOutput"></p>
<p id="output"></p>
<p id="nameExists"></p>
</body>
.
var array = [];
return = document.getElementById("input").value;
function start() {
var word = "word List";
var i = array.length
if (word.trim() === "") {
word = "word: Empty"
}
document.getElementById('ErrorOutput').innerHTML = word
while (i--) {
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = array[i] + "<br/>" + document.getElementById('output').innerHTML;
}
var longestWord = {
longword: '',len: 0};
array.forEach(w => {
if (longestWord.len < w.length) {
longestWord.text = w;
longestWord.len = w.length;
}
});
document.getElementById('ErrorOutput').innerHTML = "The longest name in the array is " + longestWord.len + " characters";
}
function addword() {
return = document.getElementById('input').value;
array.push(return);
}
function findword() {
var nameExists = array.indexOf(
return) < 0 ?
'The number ' +
return +' does not exist in the array': 'The number ' +
return +' exists in the array'
document.getElementById('nameExists').textContent = nameExists
}

You can use array.indexOf(word) (command for your situation) to find the position of the word.
If the position is -1 the word is not inside the array.
More information on W3

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How to compare 2 text input values?

I'm trying to create a simple game where you have to answer the correct answer from a calculation.
I already have the function to generate random calculations, but i don't know how to compare it with the result which the user writted.
I tried to make the if, so when the user press the submit button, then the app will try to determine if that's the correct answer.
var numArray = ["10/2", "5x5", "12-22", "5-6", "20-70"];
var question = document.getElementById("textQuestion");
var answer = document.getElementById("textAnswer");
function rollDice() {
document.form[0].textQuestion.value = numArray[Math.floor(Math.random() * numArray.length)];
}
function equal() {
var dif = document.forms[0].textQuestion.value
if (dif != document.forms[0].textAnswer.value) {
life--;
}
}
<form>
<input type="textview" id="textQuestion">
<br>
<textarea id="textAnswer" form="post" placeholder="Answer"></textarea>
</form>
<input type="button" name="start" onclick="">
document.forms[0].textQuestion.value looking for an element with name=textQuestion, which doesn't exist. Use getElementById instead or add name attribute (needed to work with the input value on server-side).
function equal() {
if (document.getElementById('textQuestion').value != document.getElementById('textAnswer').value) {
life--; // life is undefined
}
}
// don't forget to call `equal` and other functions.
This is probably what you're looking for. I simply alert(true || false ) based on match between the random and the user input. Check the Snippet for functionality and comment accordingly.
var numArray = ["10/2", "5x5", "12-22", "5-6", "20-70"];
var questionElement = document.getElementById("textQuestion");
var answerElement = document.getElementById("textAnswer");
function rollDice() {
var question = numArray[Math.floor(Math.random() * numArray.length)];
questionElement.setAttribute("value", question);
}
//rolldice() so that the user can see the question to answer
rollDice();
function equal()
{
var dif = eval(questionElement.value); //get the random equation and evaluate the answer before comparing
var answer = Number(answerElement.value); //get the answer from unser input
var result = false; //set match to false initially
if(dif === answer){
result = true; //if match confirmed return true
}
//alert the match result
alert(result);
}
document.getElementById("start").addEventListener
(
"click",
function()
{
equal();
}
);
<input type="textview" id="textQuestion" value="">
<br>
<textarea id="textAnswer" form="post" placeholder="Answer"></textarea>
<input type="button" id="start" value="Start">
There's more I would fix and add for what you're trying to achieve.
First of you need a QA mechanism to store both the question and the correct answer. An object literal seems perfect for that case: {q: "", a:""}.
You need to store the current dice number, so you can reuse it when needed (see qa_curr variable)
Than you could check the user trimmed answer equals the QA.a
Example:
let life = 10,
qa_curr = 0;
const EL = sel => document.querySelector(sel),
el_question = EL("#question"),
el_answer = EL("#answer"),
el_check = EL("#check"),
el_lives = EL("#lives"),
qa = [{
q: "Calculate 10 / 2", // Question
a: "5", // Answer
}, {
q: "What's the result of 5 x 5",
a: "25"
}, {
q: "5 - 6",
a: "-1"
}, {
q: "Subtract 20 from 70",
a: "-50"
}];
function rollDice() {
qa_curr = ~~(Math.random() * qa.length);
el_question.textContent = qa[qa_curr].q;
el_lives.textContent = life;
}
function checkAnswer() {
const resp = el_answer.value.trim(),
is_equal = qa[qa_curr].a === el_answer.value;
let msg = "";
if (resp === '') return alert('Enter your answer!');
if (is_equal) {
msg += `CORRECT! ${qa[qa_curr].q} equals ${resp}`;
rollDice();
} else {
msg += `NOT CORRECT! ${qa[qa_curr].q} does not equals ${resp}`;
life--;
}
if (life) {
msg += `\nLives: ${life}`
} else {
msg += `\nGAME OVER. No more lifes left!`
}
// Show result msg
el_answer.value = '';
alert(msg);
}
el_check.addEventListener('click', checkAnswer);
// Start game
rollDice();
<span id="question"></span><br>
<input id="answer" placeholder="Your answer">
<input id="check" type="button" value="Check"> (Lives:<span id="lives"></span>)
The above still misses a logic to not repeat questions, at least not insequence :) but hopefully this will give you a good start.

How to remove innerHTML value to be shown initially

I am trying to create a multiplication table in JavaScript. The user is prompted to provide the Table number (1 to 10) after which all the question marks ('?') are replaced with that number. The user then needs to enter the answers in all the provided text fields. Finally, the user will have the option to check the answer (i.e. whether it is right or wrong).
When I run my code. After entering the user data to prompt it shows Incorrect infront of each textfield and the user entered value just before the Check answers button. How can I remove them to be shown initially.
Output:
My code:
function result() {
var value = document.getElementById("a1").value;
var checkMessageSpan1 = document.getElementById("checkMessage1");
var checkMessageSpan2 = document.getElementById("checkMessage2");
var r = x * 1;
if (value == x) {
checkMessageSpan1.innerHTML = "<span style=\"color:green\">"+"Correct!";
}else{
checkMessageSpan1.innerHTML = "<span style=\"color:red\">"+"Incorrect!";
}
var value = document.getElementById("a2").value;
var r = x * 2;
if (value == r) {
checkMessageSpan2.innerHTML = "<span style=\"color:green\">"+"Correct!";
}else{
checkMessageSpan2.innerHTML = "<span style=\"color:red\">"+"Incorrect!";
}
</script>
<button onClick="alert_field()"> Generate Question</button><br><br>
<p id="s1">
? x 1 = <input type="text" id="a1"><span id="checkMessage1"></span><br>
? x 2 = <input type="text" id="a2"><span id="checkMessage2"></span><br>
</p><br><br>
<p id="a"></p>
Check answers
For replacing all special characters, you may leverage regular expressions in js
var res=str.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g,x); instead of
var res = str.replace("?",x);
More on Regular expressions in JS https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions
Try to add this code:
var value = document.getElementById("a1").value;
if (checkMessageSpan1.style.display === "none") {
checkMessageSpan1.style.display = "inline-block";
} else {
checkMessageSpan1.style.display = "none";
}
var value = document.getElementById("a2").value;
if (checkMessageSpan2.style.display === "none") {
checkMessageSpan2.style.display = "inline-block";
} else {
checkMessageSpan2.style.display = "none";
}

Why my else condition is beeing executed?

I am new to Javascript and I was making a little chat bot, nothing to fancy, but I am stuck in a problem where if I input something to it that matches a value inside an array it will execute the if and the else condition.
function readInput(){
var words = ["hello", "hi", "holis", "holus"];
var userInput = document.getElementById("userInput").value.toLowerCase();
console.log(" Users says: " + userInput);
for(var i = 0; i < words.length; i++){
if(userInput == words[i]){
console.log("bot says: " + "hi!");
}else {
console.log("bot says " + "i dont understand");
}
}
//clean user input
var clearInput = document.getElementById("userInput").value="";
}
<input type="text" id="userInput" value="">
<button type="button" name="button" onclick="readInput()">Say</button>
Any help will be appreciated
Modify your for statement.
Define a variable to check if your script know the word. In the for statement, if the input word is in the words, then set the variable true then break. Finally if the check variable is false, than say I don't understand:
var check = false
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
if (userInput == words[i]) {
console.log("bot says: " + "hi!");
check = true;
break
}
}
if (!check) {
console.log("bot says " + "i dont understand");
}

How to find if there is a space in a string... tricky

I'm doing this for a school project but one thing is bugging me, there is a part of the project that requires me to change white space or just " " a space to a number. Here is my code:
I know its messy, I've only been coding for half a year
exclsp is "exclude spaces"
inclsp is "include spaces"
dispwos is "display without spaces"
dispwsp is "display with spaces"
var txt;
var num;
var spce = 0;
function cnt()
{
txt = document.getElementById('disp').value;
num = txt.length;
// includes spaces into the returned number
if (document.getElementById("inclsp").checked == true)
{
document.getElementById("dispwsp").innerHTML = num + " characters.";
}
// excludes spaces from the returned number
if (document.getElementById("exclsp").checked === true)
{
for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
if (txt.includes(" "))
{
// alert("THERES A SPACE HERE");
spce++;
}
else
{
num = num;
}
}
}
document.getElementById("dispwos").innerHTML = num - spce + " characters.";
}
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="LetterCount.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="LetterCount.css"/>
<title>Letter Counter</title>
</head>
<body>
<textarea rows="4" cols="50" placeholder="Input your text here!" id="disp"></textarea><br>
<form name="form1">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="inclsp"> Include spaces</input><br>
<input type="radio" name="button" id="exclsp"> Exclude spaces</input><br>
</form>
<button onclick="cnt()">Click Me!</button><br><br>
<div id="dispwsp"></div>
<div id="dispwos"></div>
</body>
</html>
I think you need to change this line:
if (txt.includes(" "))
to
if (txt[i] == " ")
so that you're actually checking each character rather that attempting to examine the whole string each time.
You could also use a regular expression and do it in one simple line of code and eliminate the loop altogether:
spce = txt.match(/\s/g).length
I don't understand the purpose of the dispwsp dispwos so I just removed them. You only have 1 result you want to display so why put it in different places just make one div for your result, like
<div id="result"></div>
And your JS can be simplified a lot, you don't need to loop through the letters. Here's the fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/zwzqmd27/
function cnt() {
var inputText = document.getElementById("disp").value;
if (document.getElementById("exclsp").checked) //exclude spaces
{
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = inputText.split(" ").join("").length + " characters";
}
else //include spaces
{
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = inputText.length + " characters";
}
}
Possible duplicate of Check if a string has white space
But you can try this.
function hasWhiteSpace(s) {
return s.indexOf(' ') >= 0;
}
If You want to change a white space in a string to a number..
This could possibly help you ...
str.replace(/\s/g,"9");//any number(that You want)
This piece of code is basically replaces the white space with a number..
As #Micheal said, you can use indexOf() method to check if particular character(s) is present in your text content.
You just need to pass the character or substring(set of characters) to check if it is present.
Example :
var myText = "Sample text";
var substringIndex = myText.indexof(" "); //substringIndex = 6
substringIndex = mytext.indexof("ex");//substringIndex = 8;
substringIndex = mytext.indexof("tt"); // substringIndex =-1;
If substring doesn't matches, it will return -1 as index.
By using index you can say, if particular character(substring) presents if index value is greater than -1.
Note : If u pass set of characters, it will return only the starting index of the first character if entire set matches.
In your case, it would be like
...........
...........
if (txt.indexOf(" ")>-1)
{
// alert("THERES A SPACE HERE");
spce++;
}
else
{
num = num;
}
...............
...............
Just replace script with code bellow..
I do it for you...
var txt;
var num;
var spce = 0;
function cnt()
{
//to clear "dispwsp" and "dispwos" before action in cnt() function
document.getElementById("dispwsp").innerHTML = "";
document.getElementById("dispwos").innerHTML = "";
txt = document.getElementById('disp').value;
num = txt.length;
// includes spaces into the returned number
if (document.getElementById("inclsp").checked == true)
{
document.getElementById("dispwsp").innerHTML = num + " characters.";
}
// excludes spaces from the returned number
if (document.getElementById("exclsp").checked == true)
{
num = 0;
spce = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < txt.length; i++) {
var temp = txt.substring(i, (i+1));
if(temp==" ")
{
spce++;
}else
{
num++;
}
document.getElementById("dispwos").innerHTML = num + " characters and "+ spce +" spces ";
}
}
}

Check if Number entered is correct By ID - JavaScript

Would like to know how to check true and false and in return give error message if checked and the number is incorrect..
<input name="student1" type="text" size="1" id="studentgrade1"/>
<input name="student2" type="text" size="1" id="studentgrade2"/>
<input name="student3" type="text" size="1" id="studentgrade3"/>
so here we have 3 inputbox , now i would like to check the result by entering number into those inputbox.
studentgrade1 = 78
studentgrade2 = 49
studentgrade3 = 90
<< Using JavaScript >>
So If User entered wrong number e.g "4" into inputbox of (studentgrade1) display error..
same for otherinputbox and if entered correct number display message and says.. correct.
http://jsfiddle.net/JxfcH/5/
OK your question is kinda unclear but i am assuming u want to show error
if the input to the text-box is not equal to some prerequisite value.
here is the modified checkGrade function
function checkgrade() {
var stud1 = document.getElementById("studentgrade1");
VAR errText = "";
if (stud1.exists() && (parseInt(stud1.value) == 78){return true;}
else{errText += "stud1 error";}
//do similiar processing for stud2 and stud 3.
alert(errText);
}
See demo →
I think this is what you're looking for, though I would recommend delimiting your "answer sheet" variable with commas and then using split(',') to make the array:
// answers
var result ="756789";
// turn result into array
var aResult = [];
for (var i = 0, il = result.length; i < il; i+=2) {
aResult.push(result[i]+result[i+1]);
}
function checkgrade() {
var tInput,
msg = '';
for (var i = 0, il = aResult.length; i < il; i++) {
tInput = document.getElementById('studentgrade'+(i+1));
msg += 'Grade ' + (i+1) + ' ' +
(tInput && tInput.value == aResult[i] ? '' : 'in') +
'correct!<br>';
}
document.getElementById('messageDiv').innerHTML = msg;
}
See demo →
Try this http://jsfiddle.net/JxfcH/11/
function checkgrade() {
var stud1 = document.getElementById("studentgrade1");
var stud2 = document.getElementById("studentgrade2");
var stud3 = document.getElementById("studentgrade3");
if (((parseInt(stud1.value) == 78)) && ((parseInt(stud2.value) == 49)) && ((parseInt(stud3.value) == 90)))
{
alert("correct");
}
else
{
alert("error correct those values");
}
}

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