JavaScript 'indexOf'; question - I need multiple values not just a single value

Just string all of the "bad words" together with a separator:

var stringLoc=x.toLowerCase().indexOf("search engines|bad words2|bad words3|", "bad words3|");

//Try match instead:

var testThis = "Hello world";
alert( testThis.match( "goodbye|cruel|world" ) );

The separator prevents things like "words2bad" from being excluded.

function ok(word) {
    return (word + "|").toLowerCase().indexOf("search engines|bad words2|bad words3|bad words3|");
}

Or use JSON:

var bad = {
    "search engines": 1,
    "bad words2": 2,
    "bad words3": 3
}

function ok(word) {
    return bad[word];
}

I have to apologize because I think you all are at a higher level then I am with this javascript stuff.
 
I have been working with your comments for a while now but nothing seems to click...

 Badotz
I like the idea of stringing the bad words together with seperators but can't find the right combination to make it work.

I want to try to clear up what I am after.
I am using Google Apps Script and this Script is attached to a Google Spread Sheet
The data entry for the spreadsheet is populated using a form from a web page
The script is trigged as soon as the form has written data to the spreadsheet
I don't want to print the bad words to the computer screen for the user; I just want to send me an email.

If someone in the form field sends me the following

We can increase rankings of your website in search engines. Please reply back for more details.

  I want the script to send me an email  that has the subject of "Check this submission"
The following line does this

MailApp.sendEmail(email_test, "Check this submission", body); 

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So the bad words in that form field were "search engines"

Ok the next salesman fills out the form and says something like

We can can increase you chest size by 6 inches for free. Please reply back for more details.

so I want to be able to add a new set of words like "increase you chest size" to my list of bad words.

so I don't want to look for both "search engines" and "increase you chest size" to get a match

I want to look for either
"search engines" or "increase you chest size"

so back to the separator idea
how should the following be written?

var stringLoc=x.toLowerCase().indexOf("search engines|bad words2|bad words3|", "bad words3|");

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Proculopsis
I think you are talking over my head because what you are trying to tell me isn't clicking

Badotz:
You then offered more code and I really got lost on how i might use it

function ok(word) {
    return (word + "|").toLowerCase().indexOf("search engines|bad words2|bad words3|bad words3|");
}

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Same thing with the JSON example

var bad = {
    "search engines": 1,
    "bad words2": 2,
    "bad words3": 3
}

function ok(word) {
    return bad[word];
}

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Hopefully one of will be able help me see the light

Regards,

Chris

No how does THAT help?

kusala,
It will be a few hours before I can get back to my computer to try your code out... I am anxious to see if it works.

Regards,

Chris

WOW.... that rocks!
kusala you nailed it.  Your code works perfectly Thank-you!

A big thank-you goes out to everyone who tried to help me solve this puzzle.

For other beginners that happen upon this thread that are wanting to do the same thing; I wanted to include the two missing lines that made this work using the solution given to me by kusala.

var email_test = ss.getSheetByName('Recipient').getRange('B2').getValue();  
var messagechecked = e.values[3];
var str = messagechecked.toString();

var blackList = new Array();
blackList[0] = "search engines";
blackList[1] = "bad words1";
blackList[2] = "bad words2";
blackList[3] = "bad words3";

if (str.toLowerCase().match(blackList.join("|").toLowerCase())) {
    MailApp.sendEmail(email_test, "Check this submission", body);
}
else {
    MailApp.sendEmail(email_test, "Successful submission", body);
} 

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Very nice Kusala... thank you so much!