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Find string in json object value http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8517089/js-search-in-object-values
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function trimString(s) { | |
var l=0, r=s.length -1; | |
while(l < s.length && s[l] == ' ') l++; | |
while(r > l && s[r] == ' ') r-=1; | |
return s.substring(l, r+1); | |
} | |
function compareObjects(o1, o2) { | |
var k = ''; | |
for(k in o1) if(o1[k] != o2[k]) return false; | |
for(k in o2) if(o1[k] != o2[k]) return false; | |
return true; | |
} | |
function itemExists(haystack, needle) { | |
for(var i=0; i<haystack.length; i++) if(compareObjects(haystack[i], needle)) return true; | |
return false; | |
} | |
var objects = [ | |
{ | |
"foo" : "bar", | |
"bar" : "sit" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"foo" : "lorem", | |
"bar" : "ipsum" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"foo" : "dolor blor", | |
"bar" : "amet blo" | |
} | |
]; | |
function searchFor(toSearch) { | |
var results = []; | |
toSearch = trimString(toSearch); // trim it | |
for(var i=0; i<objects.length; i++) { | |
for(var key in objects[i]) { | |
if(objects[i][key].indexOf(toSearch)!=-1) { | |
if(!itemExists(results, objects[i])) results.push(objects[i]); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return results; | |
} | |
console.log(searchFor('lo ')); |
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