js search array of objects by property code example

Example 1: js get array item by property

const jsObjects = [
  {id: 1, displayName: "First"}, 
  {id: 2, displayName: "Second"}, 
  {id: 3, displayName: "Third"}, 
  {id: 4, displayName: "Fourth"}
]

// You can use the arrow function expression:
var result = jsObjects.find(obj => {
	// Returns the object where
	// the given property has some value 
  	return obj.id === 1
})

console.log(result)

// Output: {id: 1, displayName: "First"}

Example 2: find in array of objects javascript

let arr = [
    { name:"string 1", value:"this", other: "that" },
    { name:"string 2", value:"this", other: "that" }
];

let obj = arr.find(o => o.name === 'string 1');

console.log(obj);

Example 3: 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 4: js find element in array by property

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

Example 5: 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 6: 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']