javascript check for substring code example

Example 1: check for substring javascript

const string = "javascript";
const substring = "script";

console.log(string.includes(substring));  //true

Example 2: check if word is in string javascript

var str = "Hello world, welcome to the universe.";
var n = str.includes("world");

Example 3: javascript string contains

var string = "foo",
    substring = "oo";

console.log(string.includes(substring));

Example 4: angular string contains

var string = "foo";
var substring = "oo";

console.log(string.indexOf(substring) !== -1);

Example 5: javascript contains substring

var str = "We got a poop cleanup on isle 4.";
if(str.indexOf("poop") !== -1){
	alert("Not again");
}
//use indexOf (it returns position of substring or -1 if not found)