Answer by Ekim for How do I check if an array includes a value in JavaScript?

Literally:

(using Firefox v3.6, with for-in caveats as previously noted (HOWEVER the use below might endorse for-in for this very purpose! That is, enumerating array elements that ACTUALLY exist via a property index (HOWEVER, in particular, the array length property is NOT enumerated in the for-in property list!).).)

(Drag & drop the following complete URI's for immediate mode browser testing.)

JavaScript:

  function ObjInRA(ra){var has=false; for(i in ra){has=true; break;} return has;}

  function check(ra){
      return ['There is ',ObjInRA(ra)?'an':'NO',' object in [',ra,'].'].join('')
  }
  alert([
            check([{}]), check([]), check([,2,3]),
            check(['']), '\t (a null string)', check([,,,])
        ].join('\n'));

which displays:

There is an object in [[object Object]].
There is NO object in [].
There is an object in [,2,3].
There is an object in [].
     (a null string)
There is NO object in [,,].

Wrinkles: if looking for a "specific" object consider:

JavaScript: alert({}!={}); alert({}!=={});

And thus:

JavaScript:

 obj = {prop:"value"}; 
 ra1 = [obj]; 
 ra2 = [{prop:"value"}];
 alert(ra1[0] == obj); 
 alert(ra2[0] == obj);

Often ra2 is considered to "contain" obj as the literal entity {prop:"value"}.

A very coarse, rudimentary, naive (as in code needs qualification enhancing) solution:

JavaScript:

  obj={prop:"value"};   ra2=[{prop:"value"}];
  alert(
    ra2 . toSource() . indexOf( obj.toSource().match(/^.(.*).$/)[1] ) != -1 ?
      'found' :
      'missing' );

See ref: Searching for objects in JavaScript arrays.