javascript find property in array of objects 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 item in array of objects

var __POSTS = [ 
	{ id: 1, title: 'Apple', description: 'Description of post 1' }, 
	{ id: 2, title: 'Orange', description: 'Description of post 2' }, 
	{ id: 3, title: 'Guava', description: 'Description of post 3' }, 
	{ id: 4, title: 'Banana', description: 'Description of post 4' }
];

var __FOUND = __POSTS.find(function(post, index) {
	if(post.title == 'Guava')
		return true;
});

// On success __FOUND will contain the complete element (an object)
// On failure it will contain undefined  
console.log(__FOUND); // { id: 3, title: 'Guava', description: 'Description of post 3' }

Example 3: javascript find object in array by property value

const fruits = ['apple', 'banana', 'grapes', 'mango', 'orange'];

const filterItems = (needle, heystack) => {
  let query = needle.toLowerCase();
  return heystack.filter(item => item.toLowerCase().indexOf(query) >= 0);
}

console.log(filterItems('ap', fruits)); // ['apple', 'grapes']
console.log(filterItems('ang', fruits)); // ['mango', 'orange']

Example 4: search an array of objects with specific object property value

// MDN Ref:
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/find

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

Example 5: object javascript match by property value

const inventory = [
  {name: 'apples', quantity: 2},
  {name: 'bananas', quantity: 0},
  {name: 'cherries', quantity: 5}
];

function isCherries(fruit) { 
  return fruit.name === 'cherries';
}

console.log(inventory.find(isCherries)); 
// { name: 'cherries', quantity: 5 }