Check if String contains Substring from Array in JavaScript

Check if String contains Substring from an Array #

To check if a string contains a substring from an array:

1. Use the Array.some() method to iterate over the array.
2. Check if the string contains each substring.
3. If the condition is met, the string contains a substring from the array.

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const str = 'hello world';
const arr = ['one', 'two', 'hello'];

const contains = arr.some(element => {
  if (str.includes(element)) {
    return true;
  }

  return false;
});

console.log(contains); // 👉️ true

The function we passed to the Array.some method gets called with each element in the array until it returns a truthy value or iterates over the entire array.

On each iteration, we check if the string contains the substring and return true if the condition is met.

The String.includes method returns true if the passed in substring is contained in the string.

Note that the includes() method is case sensitive. If you need to perform a case-insensitive check for whether a string contains a substring from an array, convert both strings to lowercase.

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const str = 'HELlo world';
const arr = ['one', 'two', 'heLLO'];

const contains = arr.some(element => {
  if (str.toLowerCase().includes(element.toLowerCase())) {
    return true;
  }

  return false;
});

console.log(contains); // 👉️ true

We used the String.toLowerCase method to convert both strings to lowercase.

You can also use String.indexOf as an alternative to the includes() method.

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const str = 'hello world';
const arr = ['one', 'two', 'hello'];

const contains = arr.some(element => {
  if (str.indexOf(element) !== -1) {
    return true;
  }

  return false;
});

console.log(contains); // 👉️ true

The String.indexOf method returns the index of the first occurrence of a substring in a string, or -1 if the substring is not contained in the string.

Which approach you pick is a personal preference. I'd go with using the includes() method as I find it more readable and direct.

Further Reading #

• Check if Array contains only Numbers in JavaScript
• Check if a String is contained in an Array in JavaScript