js array find item index code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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]