How to check if an element exists in an array in TypeScript

Overview

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript. With TypeScript, we can add more syntax, catch more errors and do a lot more. TypeScript runs anywhere JavasScript runs.

In this shot, we will check if an array in TypeScript contains an element by using the includes() method. This method returns a boolean value indicating if an element is present in the array.

Syntax

Parameters

element: This is the element we want to check if it is present in the given array.

Return value

If the element is present in the array, then true is returned. Otherwise, false is returned.

Code example

Let's see how this works in the following code:

Explanation

• Lines 2–5: We create some arrays.
• Lines 8–13: Using the includes() method, we check to see if some elements are present in the arrays. Then we print the results to the console.