ES6 array find code example

Example 1: javascript find object by property in array

// To find a specific object in an array of objects
myObj = myArrayOfObjects.find(obj => obj.prop === 'something');

Example 2: javascript find object in array

myArray.findIndex(x => x.id === '45');

Example 3: js find element in array by property

var result = jsObjects.find(obj => {
  return obj.b === 6
})

Example 4: search for a value in an array of objects javascript and get its index

a = [
  {prop1:"abc",prop2:"qwe"},
  {prop1:"bnmb",prop2:"yutu"},
  {prop1:"zxvz",prop2:"qwrq"}];
    
index = a.findIndex(x => x.prop2 ==="yutu");

console.log(index);

Example 5: javascript array.find

const array1 = [5, 12, 8, 130, 44];

const found = array1.find(element => element > 10);

console.log(found);
// expected output: 12

Example 6: javascript es6 find

const originalData = [
  { "investor": "Sue",   "value":  5,   "investment": "stocks"  },
  { "investor": "Rob",   "value": 15,   "investment": "options" },
  { "investor": "Sue",   "value": 25,   "investment": "savings" },
  { "investor": "Rob",   "value": 15,   "investment": "savings" },
  { "investor": "Sue",   "value":  2,   "investment": "stocks"  },
  { "investor": "Liz",   "value": 85,   "investment": "options" },
  { "investor": "Liz",   "value": 16,   "investment": "options" },
];

const newData = [
  { "investor": "Sue",   "stocks": 0,   "options": 0,   "savings": 0 },
  { "investor": "Rob",   "stocks": 0,   "options": 0,   "savings": 0 },
  { "investor": "Liz",   "stocks": 0,   "options": 0,   "savings": 0 },
];

for (let {investor, value, investment} of originalData) {
  newData.find(x => x.investor === investor)[investment] += value;
}

console.log(newData);