get key of object based on value javascript 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 get value by key

var obj = {
   a: "A",
   b: "B",
   c: "C"
}

console.log(obj.a);  // return string : A

var name = "a";
console.log(obj[name]);