javascript array get index code example

Example 1: get the index of object in array

a = [
  {prop1:"abc",prop2:"qwe"},
  {prop1:"bnmb",prop2:"yutu"},
  {prop1:"zxvz",prop2:"qwrq"}];
    
index = a.findIndex(x => x.prop2 ==="yutu");

console.log(index);

Example 2: javascript get index of object with value in array

// Get index of object with specific value in array
const needle = 3;
const haystack = [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }];
const index = haystack.findIndex(item => item.id === needle);

Example 3: 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 4: js find index in list

let myList = ['foo', 'bar', 'qux'];

myList.indexOf('bar');	// 1

Example 5: 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 6: js get index of item in array

array.indexOf("item");