function like() for javascript

like.js

function like(haystack, needle) {             
    let n = -1;
    if (typeof haystack !== 'object') {
        let str = new String(haystack);
        if (str !== "undefined") {
            /// haystack = 'x';
            /// needle = ['a','b','c','x'];
            if (!Array.isArray(needle)) {
                needle = [needle];
            }
            for (var i = 0; i < needle.length; i++) {
                n = str.search(needle[i]); /// searches the whole word
                if (n > -1) {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return false;
}

var str = 'apple';

if(like(str, ['ap','pe','ca'] )  === true ) {
// do something
// returns true
	console.log(str)
}

if(like(str, ['al','pe','ca']) === false){
// do something
// returns true
	console.log(str)
}

Fiddle