checks through an array of regexs to see if they match a string. - Cacher Snippet

11/12/2015 - 6:42 AM

checks through an array of regexs to see if they match a string.

checks through an array of regexs to see if they match a string.

check_all_regex.js

//checks if any of the words are present in the beginning of a sentence
function check_all(string) {
    var words = [/what .+/, /why .+/, /how .+/];
    for(var num in words) if(string.match(words[num])!==null) return "found match";
    return "no match";
}

function test1() {
    return check_all("how do clocks work") == "found match" ? "passed" : "failed";
}

console.log(test1());
// passed