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

Current browsers have Array#includes, which does exactly that, is widely supported, and has a polyfill for older browsers.

> ['joe', 'jane', 'mary'].includes('jane');
true 

You can also use Array#indexOf, which is less direct, but doesn't require Polyfills for out of date browsers.

jQuery offers $.inArray, which is functionally equivalent to Array#indexOf.

underscore.js, a JavaScript utility library, offers _.contains(list, value), alias _.include(list, value), both of which use indexOf internally if passed a JavaScript array.

Some other frameworks offer similar methods:

• Dojo Toolkit: dojo.indexOf(array, value, [fromIndex, findLast])
• Prototype: array.indexOf(value)
• MooTools: array.indexOf(value)
• MochiKit: findValue(array, value)
• MS Ajax: array.indexOf(value)
• Ext: Ext.Array.contains(array, value)
• Lodash: _.includes(array, value, [from]) (is _.contains prior 4.0.0)
• ECMAScript 2016: array.includes(value)

Notice that some frameworks implement this as a function, while others add the function to the array prototype.