How to check if an item is in an array in JavaScript

If you have an array, and need to check if the array contains a certain value, how do you do this?

Use the includes method:

    ["banana", "apples", "pears", "peaches"].includes("apples");
    

This will return true since apples appears in the array. Check out this CodeSandbox to have a play around:

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