How to find an array in another array? [duplicate]

Question

These codes don't work:

const a = [[1, 1], [2, 2]]
console.log(a.includes([1, 1])); // --> false
console.log(a.indexOf([1, 1])); // --> -1

This work but I think its not optimized

console.log(a.map(x => x.toString()).includes([1, 1].toString()));
// --> true

Is there a simpler way ?

this might also help: stackoverflow.com/questions/7837456/… (if [1, 1] are the same reference in memory, then you can find your result using the first two methods) — Nick Parsons
– Nick Parsons, Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 10:26
Array is one kind of object, both the objects are referring to a different location from the addressing point of view. Compare each element one by one. — Sufiyan Ansari
– Sufiyan Ansari, Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 10:29

Libin C Jacob · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-19 10:36:12Z

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const a = [[1, 1], [2, 2]]
var index=a.findIndex(x=>{return JSON.stringify(x)===JSON.stringify([2, 2])})

console.log(`item index : ${index}`);

answered Aug 19, 2019 at 10:36

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Istorn · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-19 10:26:59Z

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Assuming this:

var arr = ['a', 'b', 'b'];

you can invoke:

Array.isArray(arr);

will return true if the considered variable is an array, otherwise not.

Once you get it, you can apply it to the external array.

answered Aug 19, 2019 at 10:26

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