short hand for chaining logical operators in javascript?

Question

Is there a better way to write the following conditional in javascript?

if ( value == 1 || value == 16 || value == -500 || value == 42.42 || value == \'somet         


        

Answer 1

In an effort to make yet another way of doing it...

if (/^(1|16|-500|42.42|something)$/.test(value)) {
  // blah blah blah
}

No need to extend array prototypes or anything, just use a quick regexp to test the value!