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How to search for a substring in a string in Javascript?

Anoop Singh238028-Feb-2011

Hi,

I'm new to Javascript and have requirement where I have to check whether particular sub string exist in a string or not.

Thanks in advance.

Updated on 28-Feb-2011

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28-Feb-2011

Hi Anoop,

You can search sub string in a string using search() method of Javascript

Here is the example,

var mainString = 'Hello world'; 
if (mainString.search('world') >= 0) 
       alert('Exist');

Hop this will solve your problem.