indexof value javascript code example

Example 1: javascript indexof

//indexOf getting 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

Example 2: make indexOF in js

function indexOf(arr, value) {
  for (let [i, e] of arr.entries()) {
    if (value == e) return i;
  }
  return -1;
}
indexOf([1,2,3], 2);                     //returns 1