object get key by 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

const person = {
  name: 'Bob',
  age: 47
}

Object.keys(person).forEach((key) => {
  console.log(person[key]); // 'Bob', 47
});