How to search for a string in JavaScript?



Following is the code for searching a string in JavaScript −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" > <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>Document</title> <style>    body {       font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;    }    .result {       font-size: 20px;       font-weight: 500;    } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Searching a string in JavaScript</h1> <div class="sample">The spring season is about to come.</div> <div style="color: green;" class="result"></div> <button class="btn">CLICK HERE</button> <h3> Click on the above button to find the string 'spring' in the above string </h3> <script>    let btnEle = document.querySelector(".btn");    let sampleEle = document.querySelector(".sample").innerHTML;    let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");    btnEle.addEventListener("click", () => {       resEle.innerHTML = "The string spring is found at position " + sampleEle.search("spring");    }); </script> </body> </html>

Output

The above code will produce the following output −

On clicking the ‘CLICK HERE’ button −

Updated on: 2020-07-15T13:25:44+05:30

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