Find Two Strings that Match

[Steve Dyke]

What am I missing? The following should produce a match on at least one select item.

function getJobClassData(wValue){
		
		var v1 = document.getElementById("jclist");
		
		for(i=0;i<v1.length;i++){
			
			if(new String(v1.options[i].value) == new String(wValue)){
				alert("Match");
				v1.options[i].selected = true;
			}
		}
		getassignedroles(wValue);
	}

[Bear Bibeault]

What does debugging show you about the values of the strings at the time of comparison?

And I don't think I've ever used a String constructor in JavaScript in my entire career. Why do you feel they're necessary here?

[Steve Dyke]

Bear Bibeault wrote:What does debugging show you about the values of the strings at the time of comparison?

And I don't think I've ever used a String constructor in JavaScript in my entire career. Why do you feel they're necessary here?

I think it was failing because one of the values was not trimed. It seems to be working now. Thanks for the help.

By the way I removed the String Constructor code which was only used as one of my attempts to get the compare to work.