javascript indexof array of objects code example

Example 1: find index of object in array javascript

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 indexOf object value in array

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

Example 3: using index of on array of objects

arr = [{x: "a", y: 1}, {x: "something", y: 2}]
arr.findIndex(obj => obj.x === "a" && obj.y === 1);

Example 4: index of value in array

// for dictionary case use findIndex 
var imageList = [
   {value: 100},
   {value: 200},
   {value: 300},
   {value: 400},
   {value: 500}
];
var index = imageList.findIndex(img => img.value === 200);

Example 5: js index of

const paragraph = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. If the dog barked, was it really lazy?';

const searchTerm = 'dog';
const indexOfFirst = paragraph.indexOf(searchTerm);

console.log(`The index of the first "${searchTerm}" from the beginning is ${indexOfFirst}`);
// expected output: "The index of the first "dog" from the beginning is 40"

console.log(`The index of the 2nd "${searchTerm}" is ${paragraph.indexOf(searchTerm, (indexOfFirst + 1))}`);
// expected output: "The index of the 2nd "dog" is 52"