Each item of this array is some number.
var items = Array(523,3452,334,31, ...5346);
How do I replace some number in with array with a new one?
For example, we want to replace 3452
with 1010
, how would we do this?
var index = items.indexOf(3452);
if (index !== -1) {
items[index] = 1010;
}
Also it is recommend you not use the constructor method to initialize your arrays. Instead, use the literal syntax:
var items = [523, 3452, 334, 31, 5346];
You can also use the ~
operator if you are into terse JavaScript and want to shorten the -1
comparison:
var index = items.indexOf(3452);
if (~index) {
items[index] = 1010;
}
Sometimes I even like to write a contains
function to abstract this check and make it easier to understand what's going on. What's awesome is this works on arrays and strings both:
var contains = function (haystack, needle) {
return !!~haystack.indexOf(needle);
};
// can be used like so now:
if (contains(items, 3452)) {
// do something else...
}
Starting with ES6/ES2015 for strings, and proposed for ES2016 for arrays, you can more easily determine if a source contains another value:
if (haystack.includes(needle)) {
// do your thing
}