get index of item in object array javascript code example

Example 1: javascript indexOf object value in array

// Get index of object with specific value in array
const needle = 3; // needle
const haystack = [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }]; // haystack
const index = haystack.findIndex(item => item.id === needle);

Example 2: find the index of an object in an array

const letters = [{letter: 'a'},{letter: 'b'},{letter: 'c'}]

const index = letters.findIndex((element, index) => {
  if (element.letter === 'b') {
    return true
  }
})

//index is `1`