Using `window.location.hash.includes` throws “Object doesn't support property or method 'includes'” in IE11

Question

I am checking the URL to see if it contains or includes a ? in it to control the hash pop state in the window. All other browsers aren’t having an issue, only IE.

The debugger gives me this error when I try to load in this way:

Object doesn't support property or method 'includes'

I get no error when I load the page in through the popstate.

    $(document).ready(function(e) {
        if(window.location.hash) {
            var hash;
            if(window.location.hash.includes("?")) {
                alert('I have a ?');
                hash = window.location.hash.substring(window.location.hash.indexOf('#') + 0,window.location.hash.indexOf('?'));
            }else {
                hash = window.location.hash;
            };
            if (hash=="#DRS" || hash=="#DRP" || hash=="#DFFI" || hash=="#DCI" || hash=="#DCP" || hash=="#DRP" || hash=="#DRMA" || hash=="#EICS" || hash=="#ORG"){
                $(hash+'Content').addClass('pageOn').removeClass('pageOff');
            }else {
                $('#homeContent').addClass('pageOn').removeClass('pageOff');
            };
        } else {
            $('#homeContent').addClass('pageOn').removeClass('pageOff');
        }
        $(window).on('popstate', function() {
            var hash;
            if(window.location.hash.includes("?")) {
                hash = window.location.hash.substring(window.location.hash.indexOf('#') + 0,window.location.hash.indexOf('?'));
            }else {
                hash = window.location.hash;
            };
            if (hash=="#DRS" || hash=="#DRP" || hash=="#DFFI" || hash=="#DCI" || hash=="#DCP" || hash=="#DRP" || hash=="#DRMA" || hash=="#EICS" || hash=="#ORG"){
                $(this).navigate({target: $(hash+'Content')});
                if(window.location.hash.includes("?")) {
                }else{
                    location.href = location.href+'?';
                }
            }else {
                $(this).navigate({target: $('#homeContent')});
            };
        });
});

Answer 1

According to the MDN reference page, includes is not supported on Internet Explorer. The simplest alternative is to use indexOf, like this:

if(window.location.hash.indexOf("?") >= 0) {
    ...
}