Javascript: compare variable against array of values

Question

In javascript I am doing the following which works fine.

if (myVar == 25 || myVar == 26 || myVar == 27 || myVar == 28)
 {
   //do something
 }

How can I shorten it? something like the following.

if (myVar IN ('25','26','27','28')) {
    //do something
   }

or

if(myVar.indexOf("25","26","27","28") > -1) ) {//do something}

Answer 1

You can use Array.indexOf(), it returns the first index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.

Use

var arr = [25, 26, 27, 28];
console.log(arr.indexOf(25) > -1);
console.log(arr.indexOf(31) > -1);

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Array.includes() method can also be used it returns boolean.

var arr = [25, 26, 27, 28];
console.log(arr.includes(25));
console.log(arr.includes(31));

Answer 2

Just try with:

if ( [25, 26, 27, 28].indexOf(myVar) > -1 ) {}

Answer 3

Other way :

myVar = (myVar == parseInt(myVar) ? myVar : false); //to check if variable is an integer and not float
if ( myVar >= 25 && myVar <= 28){}

Live demo

Edit based on the comment of Anthony Grist

This way works if you know what those values are going to be (i.e. they're not dynamic) and your array contains a series of consecutive numeric values.