javascript find character in a string 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: 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 3: javascript search like

let searchValue = 'usu'
let filteredNames = names.filter(name => name.includes(searchValue));

Example 4: indexof javascript

Array.indexOf(searchElement, fromIndex)