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What's the prettiest way to compare one value against multiple values?

rated 0 times [ 174] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 192394 / 13 Years ago, thu, february 2, 2012, 12:00:00

Whats the prettiest way to compare one value against multiples options?

I know there are loads of ways of doing this, but I'm looking for the neatest.

i ask because i'd hoped this was workable (it isn't, quite obviously when you look at it):

if (foobar == (foo||bar) ) {

     //do something

}

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answered 13 Years ago eliezerc · Accepted Answer

Don't try to be too sneaky, especially when it needlessly affects performance.
If you really have a whole heap of comparisons to do, just format it nicely.

if (foobar === foo ||

    foobar === bar ||

    foobar === baz ||

    foobar === pew) {

     //do something

}