How to check if string is present in variable in jquery

Question

I have the variable like

var myVar = "The man is running"

pattern = "run"

I want to check via jquery that if it conatins words "run"

Like

if($(myVar).(:contains(pattern)))
return true

Is this possible

Answer 1

RegExp option...just because..RegExp.

var pattern = /run/;

//returns true or false...
var exists = pattern.test(myVar);

if (exists) {
  //true statement, do whatever
} else {
  //false statement..do whatever
}