if string has character javascript code example

Example 1: 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)

Example 2: javascript includes

const pets = ['cat', 'dog', 'bat'];

console.log(pets.includes('cat'));
// output: true

Example 3: js check if string contains character

if (your_string.indexOf('hello') > -1)
{
  alert("hello found inside your_string");
}