---
title: "Liquid filters: find_index"
description: Returns the index of the first item in an array with a specific property value.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/find_index
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/find_index.md
---

# find\_​index

```oobleck
array | find_index: string, string
```

returns [number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)

Returns the index of the first item in an array with a specific property value.

This requires you to provide both the property name and the associated value.

```liquid
{% assign index = collection.products | find_index: 'vendor', "Polina's Potent Potions" %}


{{ index }}
```

## Output

```html
0
```

### Returns `nil` when no items match the specified property value.

```liquid
{% assign index = collection.products | find_index: 'vendor', "Polina's Potions" %}


{{ index | default: "No index found" }}
```

## Output

```html
No index found
```