var a = "ABCD"; var r = [ a.indexOf("A"), 0, a.indexOf("ABCD"), 0, a.indexOf("BC"), 1, a.indexOf("C"), 2, a.indexOf("D"), 3, a.indexOf("CD"), 2, a.indexOf("X"), -1, a.indexOf("ABCDEFG"), -1, a.indexOf("QVWXYZ"), -1, a.indexOf("VWXYZ"), -1, a.indexOf("WXYZ"), -1, ]; result = 1; for (i=0;i