check if item exists in array javascript code example

Example 1: javascript array contains

var colors = ["red", "blue", "green"];
var hasRed = colors.includes("red"); //true
var hasYellow = colors.includes("yellow"); //false

Example 2: javascript method to see if item exists in array

var fruits = ["Apple", "Banana", "Mango", "Orange", "Papaya"];
    
    // Check if a value exists in the fruits array
    if(fruits.indexOf("Mango") !== -1){
        alert("Value exists!")
    } else{
        alert("Value does not exists!")
    }

Example 3: javascript element in array

var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];

var n = fruits.includes("Mango");

Example 4: check value exist in array javascript

[1, 2, 3].includes(2);     // true
[1, 2, 3].includes(4);     // false
[1, 2, 3].includes(1, 2);  // false (second parameter is the index position in this array at which to begin searching)

Example 5: array includes

let storyWords = ['extremely', 'literally', 'actually', 'hi', 'bye', 'okay']
let unnecessaryWords = ['extremely', 'literally', 'actually' ];

let betterWords = storyWords.filter(function(word) {
  return !unnecessaryWords.includes(word);
});
console.log(betterWords) // ['hi' 'bye' 'okay]

Example 6: javascript check if in array

var extensions = ["image/jpeg","image/png","image/gif"];          
if(extensions.indexOf("myfiletype") === -1){
	alert("Image must be .png, .jpg or .gif");
}