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Dharan Ganesan
Dharan Ganesan

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Day 2: Polyfill for Array.includes()

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Today, let's work on creating a polyfill for Array.includes() method.

NOTE: Polyfills are code snippets that provide modern functionality to older environments that don't support them.

// test cases const array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; console.log(array.myIncludes(3)); // Output: true console.log(array.myIncludes(6)); // Output: false
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Plan

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

  • Implement the myIncludes function to iterate through the array and check if the given element exists or not.
  • Create a new property called myIncludes on Array.prototype and assign the function.

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Dharan Ganesan • 
// Check if Array.prototype.myIncludes exists if (!Array.prototype.myIncludes) { Array.prototype.myIncludes = function (searchElement) { // Iterate through each element in the array for (let i = 0; i < this.length; i++) { // Check if the current element is equal to the search element if (this[i] === searchElement) { return true; } } // Element not found return false; }; } // Test cases const array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; console.log(array.myIncludes(3)); // Output: true console.log(array.myIncludes(6)); // Output: false
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