gistfile1.js

/*
    This is the JavaScript code for 
    "Lab 11: Searching an Array" 
    File: /unit5/labs/lab11searchAnArray.html
*/
function lab11Demo() {
    // Your code goes in here.
    var words;
    var search = "not";
    var index;
    var currentWord;
    var valueFound = false;
    var output;
    
    output = document.getElementById("outputParagraph");
    
    words = ["Believe", "it", "or", "not", "", "the", "very"];
    
    for (index = 0; index < words.length; index++) {
        currentWord = words[index];
        if (search === currentWord) {
            valueFound = true;
            break;
        }
    }
    
    if (valueFound) {
        //output the value and the index
        output.innerHTML = "We found \"" + currentWord + "\" at index " 
                + index;
    } else {
        //output "not found"
        output.innerHTML = "not found";
    }

}