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    How to check if string contains substring in JavaScript

    By RahulMay 10, 20202 Mins Read

    The JavaScript indexOf() method search for the substring in string and returns the position of the first occurrence of a specified substring. If substring not found, it returns -1. So you can use JavaScript IndexOf() method to check if a string contains substring in it. In this tutorial we will also provides example to use JavaScript includes() and search() methods to find substring in another string.

    In a comparison of all 3 methods describes below, indexOf() can be better due to its speed of execution. If no speed matters, you can use any of the following methods.

    Using indexOf() Method

    JavaScript indexOf() method will return the starting position number substring in the main string. If substring not found, it will return -1 as a result.

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    var str = "Hello world";
    var substr = "World";
    var result = str.indexOf(substr) > -1;
    alert(result);

    Result will be as below:

     true 
    
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    2. Using includes() Method:

    Also you could use JavaScript includes() method. It returns true on match found and false if no match found. Use below sample code to test this:

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    var str = "Hello world";
    var substr = "World";
    var result = str.includes(substr) > -1;
    alert(result);

    Result will be as below:

     true 
    

    3: Using search() Method

    You could also use the JavaScript search() method. It returns string position number if match found. If not match found returns -1.

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    var str = "Hello World";
    var expr = "/World/";
    var result = str.search(expr) > -1;
    alert(result);

    Result will be as below:

     true 
    
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    3 Comments

    1. Rey on October 8, 2019 1:08 am

      also var expr = “/World/”; is written incorrectly.

      it should have been written var expr = /World/; to achieve the expected results

      Reply
    2. Rey on October 8, 2019 12:54 am

      var result = str.includes(substr) > -1; is written wrong… will return also true when substr is not in str, as false > -1 evaluates to true!!

      should have been written
      var result = str.includes(substr); // result will return true if substr in str, and will return false if not

      Reply
    3. John on February 10, 2016 9:53 am

      You can also very easily do this by using this code, implemented in modernizr lib:

      function contains(str, substr) {
      return !!~(” + str).indexOf(substr);
      }

      U can see the full text, docs, usage examples and more at cocycles:

      Reply

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