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# Challenge 5: Needle in a Haystack

Can you find the needle in the haystack?

Write a function `findNeedle()` that takes an array full of junk, but containing one "needle", which you need to find with a for loop.

After your function finds the needle it should return a message (as a string) that says: `"Found the needle at position x"`, with `x` being the index number at which you find the needle.

So:

```javascript
var haystack = ['hay', 'rabbit', 'needle', 'hat'];
​
findNeedle(haystack);
```

should return:

```javascript
'Found the needle at position 2'
```