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JavaScript: Find a word within a string

JavaScript String: Exercise-29 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to find a word within a string.

Test Data:
console.log(search_word('The quick brown fox', 'fox'));
console.log(search_word('aa, bb, cc, dd, aa', 'aa'));
Output:
"'fox' was found 1 times."
"'aa' was found 2 times."

Pictorial Presentation:

JavaScript: Find a word within a string

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to find a word within a string</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function search_word(text, word){
    
    var x = 0, y=0;
   
    for (i=0;i< text.length;i++)
        {
        if(text[i] == word[0])
            {
            for(j=i;j< i+word.length;j++)
               {
                if(text[j]==word[j-i])
                  {
                    y++;
                  }
                if (y==word.length){
                    x++;
                }
            }
            y=0;
        }
    }
   return "'"+word+"' was found "+x+" times.";
}

console.log(search_word('The quick brown fox', 'fox'));
console.log(search_word('aa, bb, cc, dd, aa', 'aa'));

Sample Output:

'fox' was found 1 times.
'aa' was found 2 times.

Flowchart:

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JavaScript: Tips of the Day

object keys

const obj = { 1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c' };
const set = new Set([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

obj.hasOwnProperty('1');
obj.hasOwnProperty(1);
set.has('1');
set.has(1);

All object keys (excluding Symbols) are strings under the hood, even if you don't type it yourself as a string. This is why obj.hasOwnProperty('1') also returns true.
It doesn't work that way for a set. There is no '1' in our set: set.has('1') returns false. It has the numeric type 1, set.has(1) returns true.

Ref: https://bit.ly/323Y0P6