Why doesn’t indexOf work on an array IE8?

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Versions of IE before IE9 don’t have an .indexOf() function for Array, to define the exact spec version, run this before trying to use it:

if (!Array.prototype.indexOf)
{
  Array.prototype.indexOf = function(elt /*, from*/)
  {
    var len = this.length >>> 0;

    var from = Number(arguments[1]) || 0;
    from = (from < 0)
         ? Math.ceil(from)
         : Math.floor(from);
    if (from < 0)
      from += len;

    for (; from < len; from++)
    {
      if (from in this &&
          this[from] === elt)
        return from;
    }
    return -1;
  };
}

This is the version from MDN, used in Firefox/SpiderMonkey. In other cases such as IE, it’ll add .indexOf() in the case it’s missing… basically IE8 or below at this point.

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