SO jQuery Fiddle
Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions jQuery 1.4.3, UI 1.8.5
by Nick Craver
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
JavaScript
var companies = [
{ "name" : "Company 1",
"logo" : "/logo.gif" },
{ "name" : "Company 2",
"logo" : "/logo2.gif" },
{ "name" : "Company 3",
"logo" : "/logo3.gif" } ];
var myCompanies = [ "Company 1", "Company 3" ];
var result = $.grep(companies, function(e) {
return $.inArray(e.name, myCompanies) != -1;
});
console.log(result);