array search

by Tomasz

JavaScript

var notes = ["user1,date:13/2/2008,note:blablabla", "user1,date:15/2/2008,note:blablabla", "user1,date:17/2/2008,note:blablabla", "user1,date:13/3/2008,note:blablabla"];

var search_date="17/2/2008";
var user, note;

$.each(notes, function(i) {
    var search = new RegExp('\\b' + search_date + '\\b','i');
    // if search term is found
    if (notes[i].match(search)) {
      var arr = notes[i].split(',');
      user = arr[0];
      note = arr[2].substr(5);
    }
}); // end loop

console.log(user);
alert(user);
console.log(note);
alert(note);