javascript find index in array 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: javascript findindex

const array1 = [5, 12, 8, 130, 44];
const search = element => element > 13;
console.log(array1.findIndex(search));
// expected output: 3

const array2 = [
  { id: 1, dev: false },
  { id: 2, dev: false },
  { id: 3, dev: true }
];
const search = obj => obj.dev === true;
console.log(array2.findIndex(search));
// expected output: 2

Example 3: 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

Example 4: 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 5: findindex js

// 	findIndex(callback fn)  

//	.... return index (when condition meets)
//  .... return -1 (if condition not meets)

const array = [5, 12, 8, 130, 44];

/// it returns the index of number which satisfy the condition true
const index = array.findIndex((item)=> item>10);   //1

/// now we can check what element at that index...
console.log(array[index]); // array[1]

Example 6: js array get index

var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
return fruits.indexOf("Apple"); // Returns 2