Is there an indexOf in javascript to search an array with custom compare function

Question

I need the index of the first value in the array, that matches a custom compare function.

The very nice underscorej has a \"find\" function that returns the

Answer 1

Here's the Underscore way to do it - this augments the core Underscore function with one that accepts an iterator function:

// save a reference to the core implementation
var indexOfValue = _.indexOf;

// using .mixin allows both wrapped and unwrapped calls:
// _(array).indexOf(...) and _.indexOf(array, ...)
_.mixin({

    // return the index of the first array element passing a test
    indexOf: function(array, test) {
        // delegate to standard indexOf if the test isn't a function
        if (!_.isFunction(test)) return indexOfValue(array, test);
        // otherwise, look for the index
        for (var x = 0; x < array.length; x++) {
            if (test(array[x])) return x;
        }
        // not found, return fail value
        return -1;
    }

});

_.indexOf([1,2,3], 3); // 2
_.indexOf([1,2,3], function(el) { return el > 2; } ); // 2

Answer 2

The javascript array method filter returns a subset of the array that return true from the function passed.

var arr= [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
first= arr.filter(function(itm){
    return itm>3;
})[0];
alert(first);

if you must support IE before #9 you can 'shim' Array.prototype.filter-

Array.prototype.filter= Array.prototype.filter || function(fun, scope){
    var T= this, A= [], i= 0, itm, L= T.length;
    if(typeof fun== 'function'){
        while(i<L){
            if(i in T){
                itm= T[i];
                if(fun.call(scope, itm, i, T)) A[A.length]= itm;
            }
            ++i;
        }
    }
    return A;
}