How do I check if an array includes an object in JavaScript?

Similar thing: Finds the first element by a "search lambda":

Array.prototype.find = function(search_lambda) {
  return this[this.map(search_lambda).indexOf(true)];
};

Usage:

[1,3,4,5,8,3,5].find(function(item) { return item % 2 == 0 })
=> 4

Same in coffeescript:

Array.prototype.find = (search_lambda) -> @[@map(search_lambda).indexOf(true)]

Current browsers have Array#includes, which does exactly that, is widely supported, and has a polyfill for older browsers.

You can also use Array#indexOf, which is less direct, but doesn't require Polyfills for out of date browsers.

jQuery offers $.inArray, which is functionally equivalent to Array#indexOf.

underscore.js, a JavaScript utility library, offers _.contains(list, value), alias _.include(list, value), both of which use indexOf internally if passed a JavaScript array.

Some other frameworks offer similar methods:

• Dojo Toolkit: dojo.indexOf(array, value, [fromIndex, findLast])
• Prototype: array.indexOf(value)
• MooTools: array.indexOf(value)
• MochiKit: findValue(array, value)
• MS Ajax: array.indexOf(value)
• Ext: Ext.Array.contains(array, value)
• Lodash: _.includes(array, value, [from]) (is _.contains prior 4.0.0)
• ECMAScript 2016: array.includes(value)

Notice that some frameworks implement this as a function, while others add the function to the array prototype.