Matching names from 1 array in another array

[timbrown2009]

Hi everyone,
Just wondering if someone could give me a hand quickly. I have this piece of code that I want to be able to search for names in an array and if it finds them then it matches them.

e.g. The code below would find 2 matches.

Hope someone can help. Thanks

name = [Simon, Jim,Mark,Ryan];
stored_names = [Jim,Simon,James,Simon,Tim];


var match_checker = 0;   
		
	for (var count_index = 0; count_index < name.length; count_index = count_index ++) 
	{	
		if (name[count_index] == stored_names)
		{
			match_checker = match_checker + 1;    
	}
	document.write (match_checker);  //display numb of matches
}	
	}

[mrhoo]

If you are using strings, quote them.

var name = ['Simon','Jim','Mark','Ryan']

[ryanlund]

there are alot of things wrong with that mate tbh, cant really think right now, drink does that to ya but ill be on msn sometime tomorrow so gimme a shout then ok?

[haulin]

var i,
  j,
  count,
  names1=["Simon","Jim","Mark","Ryan"],
  names2=["Jim","Simon","James","Simon","Tim"],
  results="";
for (i=0; i<names1.length; i+=1)
{
  count=0;
  results+=names1[i]+" found ";
  for (j=1; j<names2.length; j+=1)
  {
    count+=names1[i]===names2[j]?1:0;
  }
  results+=count+" times\n"
}
alert(results);
}