return key from value in object code example

Example 1: how to find the key of an value in an object

function getKeyByValue(object, value) {
  return Object.keys(object).find(key => object[key] === value);
}


const map = {"first" : "1", "second" : "2"};
console.log(getKeyByValue(map,"2"));

Example 2: javascript object entries

// Object Entries returns object as Array of [key,value] Array
const object1 = {
  a: 'somestring',
  b: 42
}
Object.entries(object1) // Array(2) [["a", "something"], ["b", 42]]
  .forEach(([key, value]) => console.log(`${key}: ${value}`))
// "a: somestring"
// "b: 42"