get character index javascript code example

Example 1: javascript get first character of string

var str="Hello Folks!"
var firstStringChar = str.charAt(0); //H

Example 2: make indexOF in js

function indexOf(arr, value) {
  for (let [i, e] of arr.entries()) {
    if (value == e) return i;
  }
  return -1;
}
indexOf([1,2,3], 2);                     //returns 1