Javascript ES6/ES5 find in array and change

Question

I have an array of objects. I want to find by some field, and then to change it:

var item = {...}
var items = [{id:2}, {id:2}, {id:2}];

var foundItem = items.find(x => x.id == item.id);
foundItem = item;

I want it to change the original object. How? (I dont care if it will be in lodash too)

Answer 1

May be use Filter.

const list = [{id:0}, {id:1}, {id:2}];
let listCopy = [...list];
let filteredDataSource = listCopy.filter((item) => {
       if (item.id === 1) {
           item.id = 12345;
        }

        return item;
    });
console.log(filteredDataSource);

Array [Object { id: 0 }, Object { id: 12345 }, Object { id: 2 }]

Answer 2

An other approach is to use splice.

The splice() method changes the contents of an array by removing or replacing existing elements and/or adding new elements in place.

N.B : In case you're working with reactive frameworks, it will update the "view", your array "knowing" you've updated it.

Answer :

var item = {...}
var items = [{id:2}, {id:2}, {id:2}];

let foundIndex = items.findIndex(element => element.id === item.id)
items.splice(foundIndex, 1, item)

And in case you want to only change a value of an item, you can use find function :

// Retrieve item and assign ref to updatedItem
let updatedItem = items.find((element) => { return element.id === item.id })

// Modify object property
updatedItem.aProp = ds.aProp