inArray - checking for a value in an array
by Bhabani Raju
HTML
<input id="code" type="text">
<input id="check" type="button" value="Check">
JavaScript
var registercode = ['vadim', 'thomas', 'tanya'];
var evntcode = $('#code').val();
if (jQuery.inArray(evntcode, registercode)!='-1') {
alert(evntcode + ' is in the array!');
} else {
alert(evntcode + ' is NOT in the array...');
}