string.indexof js 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: js indexof string

const paragraph = 'The quick brown fox';

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('T'));
>> 0

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('h'));
>> 1

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('Th'));
>> 0

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('he'));
>> 1

console.log(paragraph.indexOf('x'));
>> 18

Example 3: indefOf

const beasts = ['ant', 'bison', 'camel', 'duck', 'bison'];

console.log(beasts.indexOf('bison'));
// expected output: 1

Example 4: js indexof string

str.indexOf(searchValue[, fromIndex])