find string within string javascript code example

Example 1: js check if string contains character

"FooBar".includes("oo"); // true

"FooBar".includes("foo"); // false

"FooBar".includes("oo", 2); // false

Example 2: indexof javascript

//indexOf - JS method to get 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

//Eg with material ui

<Checkbox
   checked={value.indexOf(option) > -1}
   value={option}
/>

Example 3: .includes javascript

let storyWords = ['extremely literally actually hi bye okay']
let unnecessaryWords = ['extremely', 'literally', 'actually' ];

let betterWords = storyWords.filter(function(word) {
  return !unnecessaryWords.includes(word);
});
console.log(betterWords) // ['hi' 'bye' 'okay]

Example 4: js check if string contains character

if (your_string.indexOf('hello') > -1)
{
  alert("hello found inside your_string");
}