javascript search code example

Example 1: js string search

var str = "This is a test sentence";
var hasTest = str.includes("test");

if(hasTest == true){
	//do a thing 
}

Example 2: function search in javascript array

// function to search array using for loop
function findInArray(ar, val) {
    for (var i = 0,len = ar.length; i < len; i++) {
        if ( ar[i] === val ) { // strict equality test
            return i;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

// example array
var ar = ['Rudi', 'Morie', 'Halo', 'Miki', 'Mittens', 'Pumpkin'];
// test the function 
alert( findInArray(ar, 'Rudi') ); // 0 (found at first element)
alert( findInArray(ar, 'Coco') ); // -1 (not found)

Example 3: search in javascript

str.indexOf("locate"); // return location of first find value
str.lastIndexOf("locate"); // return location of last find value
str.indexOf("locate", 15); // start search from location 15 and then take first find value
str.search("locate");
//The search() method cannot take a second start position argument. 
//The indexOf() method cannot take powerful search values (regular expressions).

Example 4: search in javascript

var str = "Please locate where 'locate' occurs!";

var ind1 = str.indexOf("locate"); // return location of first value which founded
var ind2 = str.lastIndexOf("locate"); // return location of last value which founded
var ind3 = str.indexOf("locate", 15); // start search from location 15 and then take first value which founded
var ind4 = str.search("locate");
//The search() method cannot take a second start position argument. 
//The indexOf() method cannot take powerful search values (regular expressions).

document.write("<br>" + "Length of string:", len);
document.write("<br>" + "indexOf:", ind1);
document.write("<br>" + "index of last:", ind2);
document.write("<br>" + "indexOf with start point:", ind3);
document.write("<br>" + "search:", ind4);