Standard Toolkit
Packages@accelint/coreArray

includes

Determines whether an array includes a specific element using strict equality

Usage

import { includes } from '@accelint/core';

// Check if array includes a value
const hasThree = includes(3)([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
// true

// Partial application
const hasApple = includes('apple');
hasApple(['banana', 'orange', 'apple']); // true

Reference

function includes<T>(
  x: T
): (arr: T[]) => boolean

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
xTThe value to search for in the array.

Returns

Returns a curried function that accepts an array and returns true if the array includes the value, false otherwise.

Type Parameters

  • T - The type of elements in the array and the value to search for

Examples

Example: Checking primitive values

import { includes } from '@accelint/core';

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
includes(3)(numbers); // true
includes(10)(numbers); // false

const strings = ['hello', 'world'];
includes('hello')(strings); // true

Example: Strict equality comparison

import { includes } from '@accelint/core';

// Objects are compared by reference
const obj = { id: 1 };
const arr = [obj, { id: 2 }];

includes(obj)(arr); // true
includes({ id: 1 })(arr); // false (different object reference)

Example: Type safety

import { includes } from '@accelint/core';

const values: (string | number)[] = ['a', 1, 'b', 2];

// Type-safe usage
includes('a')(values); // true
includes(1)(values); // true

Example: Composing with other functions

import { includes, filter } from '@accelint/core';

const validIds = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
const items = [
  { id: 1, name: 'A' },
  { id: 6, name: 'B' },
  { id: 3, name: 'C' }
];

const filterValid = filter((item: typeof items[0]) => 
  includes(item.id)(validIds)
);

filterValid(items);
// [{ id: 1, name: 'A' }, { id: 3, name: 'C' }]

Good to know: This function uses strict equality (===) for comparison. For object comparisons, it checks reference equality, not deep equality.

  • indexOf - Find the index of an element
  • find - Find element by predicate
  • some - Test if any element matches predicate

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