array search code example

Example 1: array_search in php

<?php
$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');

$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array);   // $key = 1;
?>

Example 2: function search in javascript array

// function to search array using for loop
function findInArray(ar, val) {
    for (var i = 0,len = ar.length; i < len; i++) {
        if ( ar[i] === val ) { // strict equality test
            return i;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

// example array
var ar = ['Rudi', 'Morie', 'Halo', 'Miki', 'Mittens', 'Pumpkin'];
// test the function 
alert( findInArray(ar, 'Rudi') ); // 0 (found at first element)
alert( findInArray(ar, 'Coco') ); // -1 (not found)

Example 3: array_search

// array demo

public $gender = array(
  1 => 'Male',
  2 => 'Female',
  3 => 'Other',
);

$gen = 1;

if ($gen == array_search('Male', $this->gender)) {
  $gender = __d('member', 'male');

} elseif ($gen  == array_search('Female', $this->gender)) {
  $gender = __d('member', 'female');

}

Example 4: array_search in php

<?php
$a = [
'Canceled' => 1,
'Traded / Filled'=> 2,
'(Not used currently)'=> 3,
'Transit'=> 4,
'Rejected'=> 5,
'Pending'=> 6,
];
echo array_search("5",$a);
?>