Check if a string starts with http using Javascript

Question

I\'ve been searching all over for an answer to this and all of the answers I\'ve found haven\'t been in JavaScript.

I need a way, in javascript, to check if a string sta

Answer 1

var url = "http://something.com"
if( url.indexOf("http") == 0 ) {
    alert("yeah!");
} else {
    alert("No no no!");
}