The JavaSript string indexof method returns the position of specified (search) value in a string. It returns the index value of the first occurrence search string.
Note: The indexOf() method is case sensitive.
Syntax
string.indexOf(searchvalue, start)Parameter Values
- searchvalue:- A Search value. (Required)
- start:- At which position to start the search. It’s optional and Default values is 0.
Return value
It returns the index of the first occurrence of the search string. And returns -1 if the string is not found.
Examples of JavaSript string indexof method
Let’s see the example of how to find the specified string index value in JS.
1. Find without position(start)
Find the first occurrence of the letter (char) ” T ” in a string: And print the output value in Alert box.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Hello world, welcome to EyeHunt Tutorail.";
var n = str.indexOf("e");
// show output in alert
alert(n)
</script>
</head>
</html>Output:
2. Using Start in indexof()
Find the first occurrence of the string “B” in a given string, starting the search at position 3:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "A B C A B C A B C D";
var n = str.indexOf("B", 3);
// show output in alert
alert(n)
</script>
</head>
</html>Output:
Do comment if you have any examples, doubts and suggestion on this tutorial.
Note: The All JS Examples codes are tested on the Safari browser (Version 12.0.2) and Chrome.
OS: macOS 10.14 Mojave
Code: HTML 5 Version