Check for Partial Match in an Array

Question

I have a JavaScript array that contains some words that cannot be used when requesting user accounts to be created.

I am trying to loop over the accounts requested and c

Answer 1

A solution using javascript array native functions:

var invalidAccounts = newAccounts.filter(function(account){ // we need to filter accounts
  return blacklist.some(function(word){ // and return those that have any of the words in the text
      return account.indexOf(word) != -1
  })
});

More info on: Array.filter and Array.some