[
{ name: "tom", text: "tasty" },
{ name: "tom", text: "tasty" },
{ name: "tom", text: "tasty" },
{ name: "tom", text: "tasty" },
{ name: "tom", text: "tasty" }
]
name: "tom"
or text: "tasty"
, I don't want anything to happen... but if neither of those are there then I want it to .push()
// check if an element exists in array using a comparer function
// comparer : function(currentElement)
Array.prototype.inArray = function(comparer) {
for(var i=0; i < this.length; i++) {
if(comparer(this[i])) return true;
}
return false;
};
// adds an element to the array if it does not already exist using a comparer
// function
Array.prototype.pushIfNotExist = function(element, comparer) {
if (!this.inArray(comparer)) {
this.push(element);
}
};
var array = [{ name: "tom", text: "tasty" }];
var element = { name: "tom", text: "tasty" };
array.pushIfNotExist(element, function(e) {
return e.name === element.name && e.text === element.text;
});
var newItem = "NEW_ITEM_TO_ARRAY";
var array = ["OLD_ITEM_1", "OLD_ITEM_2"];
array.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? array.push(newItem) : console.log("This item already exists");
console.log(array)