check the position of an element in array javascript code example
Example 1: how to find the index of a value in an array in javascript
var list = ["apple","banana","orange"]
var index_of_apple = list.indexOf("apple") // 0
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