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I've been trying to get the following search script to work, but I get 

"inputString.search is not a function". What am I doing wrong?

    inputString = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);

    post("LENGTH IS " + inputString.length);

        if (inputString.search(pattern)){

            outputString="There it is!";

            outputString = "Sorry, not here!";

I've been trying to get the following search script to work, but I get  
"inputString.search is not a function".  What am I doing wrong?

----BEGIN SCRIPT----
function anything()
{
	var pattern=/href/;
	inputString = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);
	post("LENGTH IS " + inputString.length);
	for (var i=0; i
		if (inputString.search(pattern)){
			outputString="There it is!";
		}
		else{
			outputString = "Sorry, not here!";
		}
	}
	bang();
}
----END SCRIPT----

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inputString is an array in your code. Perhaps you need to do

> I've been trying to get the following search script to work, but I get

> "inputString.search is not a function". What am I doing wrong?

> inputString = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);

> post("LENGTH IS " + inputString.length);

inputString is an array in your code.  Perhaps you need to do
inputString[i].search(pattern).

On 11/4/07, lists@zdomain.net  wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I've been trying to get the following search script to work, but I get
> "inputString.search is not a function".  What am I doing wrong?
>
> ----BEGIN SCRIPT----
> function anything()
> {
>         var pattern=/href/;
>         inputString = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);
>         post("LENGTH IS " + inputString.length);
>         for (var i=0; i
>                 if (inputString.search(pattern)){
>                         outputString="There it is!";
>                 }
>                 else{
>                         outputString = "Sorry, not here!";
>                 }
>         }
>         bang();
> }
> ----END SCRIPT----
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -R
>


Thanks for the reply, Wesley. I was able to get it to work, thanks in 

        if (inputString[i].match(pattern)){

> inputString is an array in your code. Perhaps you need to do

>> I've been trying to get the following search script to work, but I get

>> "inputString.search is not a function". What am I doing wrong?

>> inputString = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);

>> post("LENGTH IS " + inputString.length);

Thanks for the reply, Wesley.  I was able to get it to work, thanks in  
no small part to using your observation!

----BEGIN SCRIPT----
function anything()
{
	var pattern=/sleep/;
	inputString = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);
	post("LENGTH IS " + inputString.length);
	post(inputString);
	for (var i=0; i
		if (inputString[i].match(pattern)){
			outputString="There it is!";
		}
		else{
			outputString = "Sorry, not here!";
		}
	}
	bang();
}
----END SCRIPT----

> inputString is an array in your code.  Perhaps you need to do
> inputString[i].search(pattern).
>
> wes
>
> On 11/4/07, lists@zdomain.net  wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> I've been trying to get the following search script to work, but I get
>> "inputString.search is not a function".  What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> ----BEGIN SCRIPT----
>> function anything()
>> {
>>         var pattern=/href/;
>>         inputString = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);
>>         post("LENGTH IS " + inputString.length);
>>         for (var i=0; i
>>                 if (inputString.search(pattern)){
>>                         outputString="There it is!";
>>                 }
>>                 else{
>>                         outputString = "Sorry, not here!";
>>                 }
>>         }
>>         bang();
>> }
>> ----END SCRIPT----
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> -R
>>
>


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