Check if a string contains a substring in Javascript
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In this article, we will learn how to check if a string contains a substring using JavaScript.
JavaScript provides us with many in-built methods which helps us to check for a substring in a string.
Here, we will be learning about three different JavaScript methods, includes(), indexOf() and search() method which will help us to perform the operation.
So, lets check for the substring using these in-built methods.
Using includes() to find sub-string
This is one of the easy and simple way to perform the operation. We will use the includes() method to check if a string have a specific substring or not.
includes() returns true if the substring is present otherwise it will return false.
Example:
const text = "I have a blue cat in a red box"
console.log(text.includes('blue')) //true
console.log(text.includes('black')) //false
Note: includes() method is case-sensitive. so, abc and ABC are not same.
Using indexOf() to find sub-string
We can also check if a string contains a particular substring using pre-ES6's indexOf() method in JavaScript.
It search for the text / substring and when it finds the match, it returns the first occurrence (index) of it as a result. If the substring is not found it returns us -1.
Example:
const text = "I have a blue cat in a red box"
console.log(text.indexOf('blue')) // 9
console.log(text.indexOf('black')) // -1
// FOR TRUE AND FALSE AS RESULT
console.log(text.indexOf('blue') !== -1) // true
console.log(text.indexOf('black') !== -1) // false
Note: indexOf() method is case-sensitive.
Using search() to find sub-string
The search() method in JavaScript is use to search a text / string for a value.
It returns the index (position) of the string if a match is found. If no matching string is found it returns -1.
The search value can be a string or a regular expression.
Example:
const text = "I have a blue cat in a red box"
console.log(text.search('blue') !== -1) // true
console.log(text.search('black') !== -1) // false
Note : The search() method is case-sensitive too.
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