Return index of found value

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var arr = [ 4, "Pete", 8, "John" ]; $("span:eq(0)").text(jQuery.inArray("John", arr)); $("span:eq(1)").text(jQuery.inArray(4, arr)); $("span:eq(2)").text(jQuery.inArray("David", arr)); }); </script> <style> div { color:blue; } span { color:red; } </style> </head> <body> <div>"John" found at <span></span></div> <div>4 found at <span></span></div> <div>"David" found at <span></span></div> </body> </html>
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