[removed] The prettiest way to compare one value against multiple values [duplicate]

Answer 1

Just for kicks, since this Q&A does seem to be about syntax microanalysis, a tiny tiny modification of André Alçada Padez's suggestion(s):

(and of course accounting for the pre-IE9 shim/shiv/polyfill he's included)

if (~[foo, bar].indexOf(foobar)) {
    // pretty
}