I'm trying to find if what the user typing in to an input field contain certain text - I've kinda got it works, but only working for an exact match as opposed to a partial match. If a user types anything before the text i'm matching, of course the code doesn't trigger.

What i need to do is check if the input contains @nyu.edu at all in the input field.

$('.email').keyup(function(){
    if ($(".email").val() == "@nyu.edu") {
        $("p.warning").css("visibility", "visible");
    }
    else if ($(".email").val() != "@nyu.edu") {
        $("p.warning").css("visibility", "hidden");
    }
});

I'm trying to find if what the user typing in to an input field contain certain text - I've kinda got it works, but only working for an exact match as opposed to a partial match. If a user types anything before the text i'm matching, of course the code doesn't trigger.

What i need to do is check if the input contains @nyu.edu at all in the input field.

$('.email').keyup(function(){
    if ($(".email").val() == "@nyu.edu") {
        $("p.warning").css("visibility", "visible");
    }
    else if ($(".email").val() != "@nyu.edu") {
        $("p.warning").css("visibility", "hidden");
    }
});

• javascript
• jquery

• the else if( bla bla ) is not needed, use simply } else { or a ternary operator, or a jQuery method like .toggle() that accepts a boolean argument. – Roko C. Buljan Commented Dec 17, 2014 at 23:41

4 Answers 4

Checking if a string contains a substring is pretty easily done by taking haystack.indexOf(needle) and checking against -1 (not found).

if ($(".email").val().indexOf("@nyu.edu") !== -1) {
    // contains
} else {
    // does not contain
}

There is a function in the ES6 draft which you may find more natural, called includes

You can add support for ES6's String.prototype.includes like this

if (!String.prototype.includes) {
    String.prototype.includes = function (needle, pos) {
        return this.indexOf(needle, pos || 0) !== -1;
    };
}

"foobar".includes('foo'); // true

Working Ex:

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/XJKMjo

$('.email').keyup(function() {
    var exp = /@nyu\.edu$/; // reg ex
    var input = $(this).val(); // email input
    var matches = exp.test(input); // boolean
    // changes to hidden or visible
    $("p.warning").css("visibility", (matches) ? "visible" : "hidden");
});

You can filter based on HTML elements' attribute contents with jQuery to either contain, start, or end with a string that you want. To match elements with an attribute that contain a string, you'd use [attr*="value"] in your jQuery selector, but I think that you want something where the end matches your string. Here's how that would work:

var elements = $(".email[value$='@nyu.edu']");
if(elements.length > 0) {
    // Do something with the elements, such as removing an .error class
} else {
    // Email doesn't end with @nyu.edu
}

Read more about the jQuery ends-with attribute selector or browse through other attribute selectors like this.

jsBin demo

var $warning = $("p.warning"); // P.S. make sure not to target a wrong .warning!
$('.email').on("input", function(){
    $warning.toggle( /@nyu\.edu/ig.test(this.value) );
});

as I've mentioned .warning being a class can represent any first .warning occurrence. use rather some other selector like .next() or .closest(selector).find(".warning")

your boss fill fire you if your client loses $$$ cause you forgot to watch for copy-paste cases. ;) Kidding, use "input" event.

P.S use .warning{display:none;} instead of visibility