JAVASCRIPT

JAVASCRIPT search() METHOD

The search() method searches a string for specified character/s. Returns the position if found or -1 if not found.

The search() method takes one compulsory argument: the string or character tosearchfor. (Always remember that the first position of a string always starts at 0 and not 1).

The general format is:

string.search(/tosearchfor/);

Please note:

The tosearchfor argument must be enclosed in two forward slashes like: /tosearchfor/

By default, the search() method is case sensitive. To make it case insensitive place an i after the second forward slash like:

string.search(/tosearchfor/i);

Example: Default Search - case sensitive

<script type="text/javascript">

var string="The brown box is brown";

document.write(string.search(/brown/));

</script>

The above will output:



Example: Case Insensitive

<script type="text/javascript">

var string="The Brown box is brown";

document.write(string.search(/brown/i));

</script>

The above will output:





See Also:

anchor()	big()
blink()	bold()
charAt()	charCodeAt()
concat()	fixed()
fontcolor()	fontsize()
fromCharCode()	indexOf ()
italics ()	lastIndexOf()
link()	match()
replace ()	search()
slice()	small()
split()	strike()
sub()	substr()
substring()	sup()
toLowerCase()	toUpperCase()
toSource()	valueOf ()

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