How to tell if a string contains a certain character in JavaScript?

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To find “hello” in your_string

if (your_string.indexOf('hello') > -1)
{
  alert("hello found inside your_string");
}

For the alpha numeric you can use a regular expression:

http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html

Alpha Numeric Regular Expression

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