javascript see if string contains code example

Example 1: javascript contains substring

var str = "We got a poop cleanup on isle 4.";
if(str.indexOf("poop") !== -1){
	alert("Not again");
}
//use indexOf (it returns position of substring or -1 if not found)

Example 2: How to check whether a string contains a substring in JavaScript?

var str = "Hello world, welcome to the universe.";
var n = str.includes("world");

Example 3: string.contains javascript

var str = "We got a poop cleanup on isle 4.";
if(str.indexOf("poop") !== -1){
	alert("Not again");
}

Example 4: .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]

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