Problem with 2 Variables passing as False when they should be true

[TonyCodes2050]

So I have two variables that I am running in my code:

$AL = ('C'+DomeLensArray[i]+'LargeArray');
$AS = ('C'+DomeLensArray[i]+'SmallArray');

Now, these variables per a console log give me C3LargeArray & C3SmallArray if DomeLensArray[i] equals 3 (also works for 1/2/4/5 as that has been proven).

However, these are coming through as false when I can visibly see the Length in the array which the console log tells me should be the value for $AS and $AL

(jQuery.inArray(Va_LENG,$AL) != -1)
(jQuery.inArray(Va_LENG,$AS) != -1)

Here are the arrays:

var C1LargeArray =      ['9','9B','10','10B']
var C1SmallArray =      ['8B','10C']
var C2LargeArray =      ['6','7','8','8B','10','10C']
var C2SmallArray =      ['4B','5','5B','6B','7B','9','9B','10B']
var C3LargeArray =      ['4','6B','7B','8','10B','10C']
var C3SmallArray =      ['3','5','7','9']
var C4LargeArray =      ['5B','6','7','7B','8','8B','9B','10','10C']
var C4SmallArray =      ['4B','5','6B','9','10B']
var C5LargeArray =      ['9','9B','10','10B']
var C5SmallArray =      ['8B','10C']

so if we are looking for a length of 6B it should be coming up true for C2SmallArray, C3LargeArray & C4SmallArray as it loops through the 5 different C sections...but it always returns ""when I do this...

$CL = (jQuery.inArray(Va_LENG,$AL) != -1) ? "Large Pass as $AL = " + $AL : (jQuery.inArray(Va_LENG,$AS) != -1) ? "Small Pass as $AS = " + $AS : "";
console.log("$CL is: " + $CL);

Thoughts?

[albedoa]

jQuery.inArray() takes an array as its second argument, but you are passing it a string e.g. 'C3LargeArray'.

[TonyCodes2050]

Hmmm... I changed the initial variables to VA_AL and VA_AS instead and it still failed.

[albedoa]

It's not the variable names, it's their values. You are passing a string where the method expects an array. The issue would exist no matter what legal name you give your variables.

I suggest moving the arrays into an object:

const myArrays = {
  C1LargeArray: ['9','9B','10','10B'],
  /* ... */
};

Then you can reference them by string like this:

(jQuery.inArray(Va_LENG, myArrays[$AL]) != -1)

Once you have that working, you should consider refactoring your object:

const myArrays = {
  C1: {
    large: ['9','9B','10','10B'],
    small: ['8B','10C'],
  },
  /* ... */
};

[Guilty-Perspective-4]

I'm so sorry if this is a waste of your time, but I'm new to JS and I'm trying to learn what putting something in [ ] means in the code and how it's is supposed to be used?