get index and item in an array js code example

Example 1: 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 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