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Home / Miscellaneous / Get the index of the first matching item in an array

Get the index of the first matching item in an array

Get the index of the first matching item in an array

Get the index of the first matching item in an array. Returns -1 if no matching item is found.

var sandwiches = ['turkey', 'tuna', 'blt', 'pb&jb'];

// returns 1
sandwiches.indexOf('tuna');

// returns -1
sandwiches.indexOf('ham');

Source

https://vanillajstoolkit.com/reference/arrays/array-indexof.md/

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