search word list

[creekmonkey]

I have a large word list. What would be the best way to search this list to see if the contents of an edit box msatches any words in the list.

I have tried adding the words to an array and searching

for (i=0;i<words.length;i++){
if(edit_box==words[i]){
edit_box2=OK}
else{edit_box2=not ok}

this doesnt work.

any help is aprieciated.

[leifi]

You have simply forgotten the "" to declare a string

edit_box2 = OK

must be:
edit_box2 = "OK"

Full version

for (i=0;i<words.length;i++){
if(edit_box==words[i]){
edit_box2="OK"}
else{edit_box2="not ok"}

[creekmonkey]

It only works if edit_box is equal to the last word in the array.

[leifi]

yepp, it's because your loop must be stopped if a right value is found. Otherwise it will set the edit_box back to "not ok".

for (i=0;i<words.length;i++){
if(edit_box==words[i]){
edit_box2="OK"
break;}
else{edit_box2="not ok"}

Now it should work.

[creekmonkey]

Thanks leifi, that solved the problem.