Autocomplete jQuery Plugin : Value of selected array index

Ho开发者_StackOverflow中文版w do I get the value of the index position in the array, whose element the user had chosen using the autocomplete?

For e.g. if I enter the array having two elements as the input for the autocomplete plugin:

var arr = [];
arr[0] = "John";
arr[1] = "Paul";

Then, say user selects "Paul", how do I get the value of the selected index "1"?

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jQuery way: If your autocompletion source is a plain array (i.e. not an array of label-value pairs or URL), then you can do

$.inArray(ui.item.value,myAutocompleteSource)

e.g.

       $('.my-autocompletes').autocomplete({
                  source:['Option1','Option2','Option3'],
                  select: function(event, ui) {
                    alert('Your selected a string with index '+
                     $.inArray(ui.item.value,$(_self).autocomplete('option','source'))
                    );
              }
        });

If the source IS an array of label-value pairs, then you can do

var index = -1;
$(_self).autocomplete('option','source')).each(function(idx) { 
       if (this.label == ui.item.label) { index=idx; return false; }
});
alert('You selected a string with index '+index);

Of course, $(_self).autocomplete('option','source')) can be replaced with a direct reference to the source of autocomplete items.

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As I understand your question, you could just do something like

function FindIndex( arr, searchValue ){
    for( var i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i ){
        if( arr[i] === searchValue ){
            return i;
        }
     }
 }

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This ref http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/val#val says you can use a selector like so:

$('#selection option:selected')....

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var arr = [];
arr[0] = "John";
arr[1] = "Paul";
...
//user selects something
//assuming select value now is in an input field
var index = jQuery.inArray($("input#yourselector").val(), arr);
if (index > -1)
    alert(index);
else
    alert("value not found in autocomplete array");