The .length property gives the element count, and a loop from index 0 up to length - 1 lets you visit each element in turn.

Every array carries a .length property holding its current number of elements. Combined with a loop, this lets you process an array of any size without knowing the count in advance:

let animals = ['lion', 'rat', 'fish', 'crocodile'];

let i = 0;
while (i < animals.length) {   // note: < length, since the last index is length - 1
    console.log(animals[i]);
    i = i + 1;
}

Because indices run from 0 to length - 1, the condition uses < (not <=); using <= would step one past the end and read undefined.

A cleaner, modern way to do the same thing is the for...of loop, which hands you each element directly so there's no index to manage:

for (let animal of animals) {
    console.log(animal);
}

Arrays also come with handy built-in methods, for example: push(item) adds to the end, pop() removes from the end, shift() removes from the start, and includes(item) tells you whether a value is present.