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

Answer 1

You can use a switch:

switch (foobar) {
  case foo:
  case bar:
    // do something
}

Answer 2

Don't try to be too sneaky, especially when it needlessly affects performance. If you really have a whole heap of comparisons to do, just format it nicely.

if (foobar === foo ||
    foobar === bar ||
    foobar === baz ||
    foobar === pew) {
     //do something
}

Answer 3

I like the pretty form of testing indexOf with an array, but be aware, this doesn't work in all browsers (because Array.prototype.indexOf is not present in old IExplorers).

However, there is a similar way by using jQuery with the $.inArray() function :

if ($.inArray(field, ['value1', 'value2', 'value3']) > -1) {
    alert('value ' + field + ' is into the list'); 
}

It could be better, so you should not test if indexOf exists.

Be careful with the comparison (don't use == true/false), because $.inArray returns the index of matching position where the value has been found, and if the index is 0, it would be false when it really exist into the array.