how to find index in array js code example

Example 1: javascript indexof

//indexOf getting index of array element, returns -1 if not found
var colors=["red","green","blue"];
var pos=colors.indexOf("blue");//2

//indexOf getting index of sub string, returns -1 if not found
var str = "We got a poop cleanup on isle 4.";
var strPos = str.indexOf("poop");//9

Example 2: indefOf

const beasts = ['ant', 'bison', 'camel', 'duck', 'bison'];

console.log(beasts.indexOf('bison'));
// expected output: 1

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