Last Updated: October 11, 2021
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JS indexOf conditions

In JS indexOf returns -1 if string dont have a substring. If you want to check only having of substring, you write code like this:

if (string.indexOf(substring) != -1) {/*actions*/}

But to shorten it you can write:

if (~string.indexOf(substring)) {/*actions*/}

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