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To search character in a string in javascript, use the indexOf() method it will return index o character from string else -1.

Today, I’m going to show you How do I search character in a string in javascript, as mentioned above, I’m going to create a sample string variable with data and use the indexOf() method to find character from string.

Let’s start today’s tutorial on how do you search character in a string in javascript.

Javascript search character in a string

Here, we will do

  1. Create sample string variable
  2. Search character in string using indexOf() method
// Create sample string variable
let str = "infinitbility"; 

// Search character in string using `indexOf()` method
let strIndex1 = str.indexOf("y")
console.log("strIndex1", strIndex1)

let strIndex2 = str.indexOf("x")
console.log("strIndex2", strIndex2)

Output

Output:

strIndex1 12
strIndex2 -1

I hope it helps you, All the best 👍.