Multiple functions for manipulating and verifying cases against strings are available in all current programming languages.
These native functions are referred to as prototypes in JavaScript.
Using the JavaScript language, you may check if a string contains another string by using the easy one-liner below.
A substring is a string that is contained within another string.
It is possible to check if a string does not contain a substring using the indexOf() method.
The indexOf() method returns the position of the first occurrence of a string within another string. If the substring is not found, then it will return -1.
Example:
var name = “John”;
var age = “27”;
var howOld = name.indexOf(“age”); //1
How do you check if the string does not contain a substring in JavaScript?
There are two options for accomplishing this. All current browsers will support the first technique.
ES6 Method for Modern Browsers
var string = "hello"; var substring = lo"; if (string.includes(substring)) { console.log('string contains substring'); }
ES5 Method for Internet Explorer and Older Browsers
var string = "hello"; var substring = lo"; if (string.indexOf(substring) !== -1) { console.log('string contains substring'); }
Using native Javascript prototypes, that’s all there is to verify if strings have substrings.