get index of substring js code example

Example 1: js indexof string

const paragraph = 'The quick brown fox';

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('T'));
>> 0

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('h'));
>> 1

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('Th'));
>> 0

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('he'));
>> 1

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('x'));
>> 18

Example 2: js index of

const paragraph = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. If the dog barked, was it really lazy?';

const searchTerm = 'dog';
const indexOfFirst = paragraph.indexOf(searchTerm);

console.log(`The index of the first "${searchTerm}" from the beginning is ${indexOfFirst}`);
// expected output: "The index of the first "dog" from the beginning is 40"

console.log(`The index of the 2nd "${searchTerm}" is ${paragraph.indexOf(searchTerm, (indexOfFirst + 1))}`);
// expected output: "The index of the 2nd "dog" is 52"