Array.prototype.indexOf()

const beasts = ["ant", "bison", "camel", "duck", "bison"];

console.log(beasts.indexOf("bison"));
// : 1

// Start from index 2
console.log(beasts.indexOf("bison", 2));
// : 4

console.log(beasts.indexOf("giraffe"));
// : -1

indexOf(searchElement)
indexOf(searchElement, fromIndex)

const array = [2, 9, 9];
array.indexOf(2); // 0
array.indexOf(7); // -1
array.indexOf(9, 2); // 2
array.indexOf(2, -1); // -1
array.indexOf(2, -3); // 0

const array = [NaN];
array.indexOf(NaN); // -1

const indices = [];
const array = ["a", "b", "a", "c", "a", "d"];
const element = "a";
let idx = array.indexOf(element);
while (idx !== -1) {
  indices.push(idx);
  idx = array.indexOf(element, idx + 1);
}
console.log(indices);
// [0, 2, 4]

function updateVegetablesCollection(veggies, veggie) {
  if (veggies.indexOf(veggie) === -1) {
    veggies.push(veggie);
    console.log(`New veggies collection is: ${veggies}`);
  } else {
    console.log(`${veggie} already exists in the veggies collection.`);
  }
}

const veggies = ["potato", "tomato", "chillies", "green-pepper"];

updateVegetablesCollection(veggies, "spinach");
// New veggies collection is: potato,tomato,chillies,green-pepper,spinach
updateVegetablesCollection(veggies, "spinach");
// spinach already exists in the veggies collection.

console.log([1, , 3].indexOf(undefined)); // -1

const arrayLike = {
  length: 3,
  0: 2,
  1: 3,
  2: 4,
  3: 5, // length  3  indexOf() 
};
console.log(Array.prototype.indexOf.call(arrayLike, 2));
// 0
console.log(Array.prototype.indexOf.call(arrayLike, 5));
// -1