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JS String Search

Search methods answer different questions. Includes gives a boolean, while indexOf gives a position or minus one.

Where to run this

This example uses the JavaScript console playground. Select Run to execute it; the example does not run on this lesson page.

A practical example

JavaScript

const note = "Bring a small project";
console.log(note.includes("small"));
console.log(note.indexOf("project"));

What happens

The word is found and its starting position is 14.