JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input id="name" type="text">
<input id="check" type="button" value="Check">
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
var names = ['vadim', 'thomas', 'tanya', 'timur', 'eve', 'kate', 'karen', 'peter'];
$('#check').click(function() {
var name = $('#name').val();
if (jQuery.inArray(name, names)!='-1') {
alert(name + ' is in the array!');
} else {
alert(name + ' is NOT in the array...');
}
});
});