index of array javascript code example

Example 1: how to find the index of a value in an array in javascript

var list = ["apple","banana","orange"]

var index_of_apple = list.indexOf("apple") // 0

Example 2: get index of element in array js

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

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

// start from index 2
console.log(beasts.indexOf('bison', 2));
// expected output: 4

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

//*** Thanks to MDN Web Docs ***//
//https://developer.mozilla.org/fr/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Objets_globaux/Array/indexOf

Example 3: 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 4: js array return only certain positions

const every_nth = (arr, nth) => arr.filter((e, i) => i % nth === nth - 1);
console.log(every_nth([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 1));
console.log(every_nth([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 2));
console.log(every_nth([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 3));
console.log(every_nth([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 4));

// OUTPUT

[1,2,3,4,5,6]
[2,4,6]
[3,6]
[4]

Example 5: js get index of item in array

array.indexOf("item");

Example 6: js array get index

var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
return fruits.indexOf("Apple"); // Returns 2