[jQuery] Re: textareas and contains()

MrNase wrote:

$('#myTextarea').attr('val').indexOf('hello') != -1

--Klaus

$('#myTextarea').val().indexOf('hello') != -1

works. Thanks! :)

Now, when I extend my code it doesn't work anymore.

                        if ($('#myTextarea').val().indexOf('hello') != -1)  {
                                        log.empty().html('test');
                                }
                                else if ($('#myTextarea').val().indexOf('moo') 
!= -1)  {
                                        log.empty().html('test2');
                                }


typing in 'moo' works, the log layer get's filled with 'test2'.
typing in 'moo hello' also works, the log layer get's filled with
'test'.
typing in 'moo hello moo' should produce 'test2' but it just does
nothing. :(

You may have to use regular expressions for a bit more flexibility.



--Klaus