javascript find first occurrence in string code example

Example 1: javascript get first character of string

var str="Hello Folks!"
var firstStringChar = str.charAt(0); //H

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: indexof javascript

Array.indexOf(searchElement, fromIndex)