在您的特定情况下，您可以使用一个无聊的旧柜台来做到这一点：

var index, value, result;
for (index = 0; index < windowArray.length; ++index) {
    value = windowArray[index];
    if (value.substring(0, 3) === "id-") {
        // You've found it, the full text is in `value`.
        // So you might grab it and break the loop, although
        // really what you do having found it depends on
        // what you need.
        result = value;
        break;
    }
}

// Use `result` here, it will be `undefined` if not found

但是，如果您的数组是稀疏的，则可以通过适当设计的for..in循环来更有效地执行此操作：

var key, value, result;
for (key in windowArray) {
    if (windowArray.hasOwnProperty(key) && !isNaN(parseInt(key, 10))) {
        value = windowArray[key];
        if (value.substring(0, 3) === "id-") {
            // You've found it, the full text is in `value`.
            // So you might grab it and break the loop, although
            // really what you do having found it depends on
            // what you need.
            result = value;
            break;
        }
    }
}

// Use `result` here, it will be `undefined` if not found

当心for..in没有hasOwnProperty和!isNaN(parseInt(key,10))检查的幼稚的循环。

离题 ：

另一种写法

var windowArray = new Array ("item","thing","id-3-text","class");

是

var windowArray = ["item","thing","id-3-text","class"];

…这对您来说键入的次数较少，也许（这一点是主观的）更容易阅读。这两个语句的结果完全相同：具有这些内容的新数组。