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Check if TextArea/TextBox contains a certain String

rated 0 times [ 199] [ 6] / answers: 1 / hits: 20105 / 10 Years ago, wed, august 6, 2014, 12:00:00

Given textarea is a textarea element with id 'textareabox', how can I check if it contains a string within it?

var textarea = document.getElementById('textareabox');



var word = something;



if (!textarea.contains(word))

{

textarea.value += word;

}

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answered 10 Years ago miranda · Accepted Answer

You can use .value, as:

var textarea = document.getElementById('textareabox');



var word = 'something';



var textValue=textarea.value;  //-> don't use .innerHTML since there is no HTML in a textarea element



if (textValue.indexOf(word)!=-1)

{

  alert('found')

}