As of ECMAScript 2016 you can use includes()
arr.includes(obj);
If you want to support IE or other older browsers:
function include(arr,obj) {
return (arr.indexOf(obj) != -1);
}
EDIT:
This will not work on IE6, 7 or 8 though. The best workaround is to define it yourself if it’s not present:
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Mozilla’s (ECMA-262) version:
if (!Array.prototype.indexOf) { Array.prototype.indexOf = function(searchElement /*, fromIndex */) { "use strict"; if (this === void 0 || this === null) throw new TypeError(); var t = Object(this); var len = t.length >>> 0; if (len === 0) return -1; var n = 0; if (arguments.length > 0) { n = Number(arguments[1]); if (n !== n) n = 0; else if (n !== 0 && n !== (1 / 0) && n !== -(1 / 0)) n = (n > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(n)); } if (n >= len) return -1; var k = n >= 0 ? n : Math.max(len - Math.abs(n), 0); for (; k < len; k++) { if (k in t && t[k] === searchElement) return k; } return -1; }; }
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Daniel James’s version:
if (!Array.prototype.indexOf) { Array.prototype.indexOf = function (obj, fromIndex) { if (fromIndex == null) { fromIndex = 0; } else if (fromIndex < 0) { fromIndex = Math.max(0, this.length + fromIndex); } for (var i = fromIndex, j = this.length; i < j; i++) { if (this[i] === obj) return i; } return -1; }; }
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roosteronacid’s version:
Array.prototype.hasObject = ( !Array.indexOf ? function (o) { var l = this.length + 1; while (l -= 1) { if (this[l - 1] === o) { return true; } } return false; } : function (o) { return (this.indexOf(o) !== -1); } );