javascript get the index of an element in array 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: how to get the index of an array in javascript

search = (arr, item) => { return arr.indexOf(item); }