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Index Signatures This index signature states that when a StringArray is indexed with a number , it will return a string . Only some types are allowed for index signature properties: string , number , symbol , template string patterns, and union types consisting only of these.

The error "Property is incompatible with index signature" occurs when a property is not compatible with the specified type of the index signature. To solve the error, change the type of the property or use a union to update the type in the index signature.

An index signature is a way to define the Shape of fields which are not known ahead of time. The [key: string]: number; is the index signature, which indicates to TypeScript that any fields on the object which are not mentioned will be a particular types.

The idea of the index signatures is to type objects of unknown structure when you only know the key and value types. An index signature fits the case of the salary parameter: the function should accept salary objects of different structures ? just make sure that object values are numbers.

The index signature can be used to define the type of object whose values are of consistent kinds or whose structure you do not know. The index signature is made up of the index name and types enclosed in square brackets and then followed by a colon and the value type: {[indexName: KeyType]: ValueType}.

TypeScript - String indexOf() This method returns the index within the calling String object of the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at fromIndex or -1 if the value is not found.

In TypeScript, we have a concept called index signature which is represented by the syntax "{[key: any]: any}". We use it to specify the type of an object to which we might not know the "key" type, the "value" type or both in the "key-value" pair.