array.contains()

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Returns the position of the first element in the array that matches the item that we are searching for, or 0 if the item is not found.


		array.contains( needle=object, substringMatch=boolean )

Returns: Number

Argument	Description
needle _{object, required}	edit The item that we are looking for in the array _{Alias: object, obj, o}
substringMatch _{boolean, optional}	edit If set to true then if a then a substring match will also return true. This will only work with simple values. Passing true with complex objects will throw an exception.

Argument

Description

needle

_{object,

required}

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The item that we are looking for in the array

_{Alias: object, obj, o}

substringMatch

_{boolean,

optional}

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If set to true then if a then a substring match will also return true.

This will only work with simple values. Passing true with complex objects will throw an exception.

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fruits = ["apple","orange","BANANA","banana","orange","Banana","Orange"];
writeDump(fruits.contains("banana"));
writeDump(fruits.contains("Orange"));