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im a noob, so forgive me...

i have an array, that holds the names of two other arrays that I want to check for a number match, and then return which array it is in..

   var $backgroundType =  ["grassArray", "sandArray"];
   var $sandArray = ["0"];
   var $grassArray = ["291", "281", "271", "261", "251", "241", "231", "221", "211", "201", "191", "181", "171", "161", "151", "141", "131", "121", "111", "101", "91", "81", "71", "61", "51", "41", "31", "21", "11","92", "102", "112", "122", "132", "142", "152", "162", "172", "182", "192", "202", "212","154","123", "133", "143", "153", "163", "173", "183"];
      
//-----------------------------------------------
      function getBackgroundClass()
         {
            $bgType = "unknown";
            jQuery.each($backgroundType, function()
               {   
                     var $currentBackgroundType = this;
                     jQuery.each($currentBackgroundType, function()
                     {
                        if(this == "202") //$clickID)
                           {$bgType = $currentBackgroundType;}
                     }
                  );
               }
            );
            return $bgType;
         }

right now, it should be returning "grassArray" but its not working..

yes I know theres a way to stuff multiple lists, inside an array.. i just dont know how to do it, much less how to check it, and return the right one.

if you can either tell me where i messed up, or tell me how to do the multiple array inside an array thing, and how to check it, that would be great, thanks...