JS - jQuery inarray ignoreCase() and contains()

Question

well, I am more of a PHP person, and my JS skills are close to none when it comes to any JS other than simple design related operations , so excuse me if I am asking the obv

Answer 1

To check if an array contains an element, case-insensitive, I used this code:

    ret = $.grep( array, function (n,i) {
        return ( n && n.toLowerCase().indexOf(elem.toLowerCase())!=-1 );
    }) ;

Here is a fiddle to play with array match case insensitive