find array element by index in 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 javascript

var scores = [10, 20, 30, 10, 40, 20];
console.log(scores.indexOf(30)); // 2
console.log(scores.indexOf(50)); // -1