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Typo: occurences #172

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Expand Up @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ alert( str.indexOf("id") ); // 1, "id" is found at the position 1 (..idget with

The optional second parameter allows us to search starting from the given position.

For instance, the first occurence of `"id"` is at position `1`. To look for the next occurence, let's start the search from position `2`:
For instance, the first occurrence of `"id"` is at position `1`. To look for the next occurrence, let's start the search from position `2`:

```js run
let str = 'Widget with id';
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```smart header="`str.lastIndexOf(pos)`"
There is also a similar method [str.lastIndexOf(pos)](mdn:js/String/lastIndexOf) that searches from the end of a string to its beginning.

It would list the occurences in the reverse order.
It would list the occurrences in the reverse order.
```

There is a slight inconvenience with `indexOf` in the `if` test. We can't put it in the `if` like this:
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