Get JavaScript object from array of objects by val

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• Find object by id in an array of JavaScript objects 30 answers

Let's say I have an array of four objects:

var jsObjects = [
   {a: 1, b: 2}, 
   {a: 3, b: 4}, 
   {a: 5, b: 6}, 
   {a: 7, b: 8}
];

Is there a way that I can get the third object ({a: 5, b: 6}) by the value of the property b for example without a for...in loop?

Answer 1

To get first object from array of objects by a specific property value:

function getObjectFromObjectsArrayByPropertyValue(objectsArray, propertyName, propertyValue) {
  return objectsArray.find(function (objectsArrayElement) {
    return objectsArrayElement[propertyName] == propertyValue;
  });
}

function findObject () {
  var arrayOfObjectsString = document.getElementById("arrayOfObjects").value,
      arrayOfObjects,
      propertyName = document.getElementById("propertyName").value,
      propertyValue = document.getElementById("propertyValue").value,
      preview = document.getElementById("preview"),
      searchingObject;
  
  arrayOfObjects = JSON.parse(arrayOfObjectsString);
  
  console.debug(arrayOfObjects);
  
  if(arrayOfObjects && propertyName && propertyValue) {
    searchingObject = getObjectFromObjectsArrayByPropertyValue(arrayOfObjects, propertyName, propertyValue);
    if(searchingObject) {
      preview.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(searchingObject, false, 2);
    } else {
      preview.innerHTML = "there is no object with property " + propertyName + " = " + propertyValue + " in your array of objects";
    }
  }
}

pre {
  padding: 5px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  background: #f3f2f2;
}

textarea, button {
  width: 100%
}

<fieldset>
  <legend>Input Data:</legend>
  <label>Put here your array of objects</label>
  <textarea rows="7" id="arrayOfObjects">
  [
    {"a": 1, "b": 2},
    {"a": 3, "b": 4},
    {"a": 5, "b": 6},
    {"a": 7, "b": 8, "c": 157}
  ]
  </textarea>

  <hr>

  <label>property name: </label> <input type="text" id="propertyName"  value="b"/>
  <label>property value: </label> <input type="text" id="propertyValue" value=6 />
     
</fieldset>
<hr>
<button onclick="findObject()">find object in array!</button>
<hr>
<fieldset>
  <legend>Searching Result:</legend>
  <pre id="preview">click find</pre>
</fieldset>

Answer 2

Try Array filter method for filter the array of objects with property.

var jsObjects = [
   {a: 1, b: 2}, 
   {a: 3, b: 4}, 
   {a: 5, b: 6}, 
   {a: 7, b: 8}
];

using array filter method:

var filterObj = jsObjects.filter(function(e) {
  return e.b == 6;
});

using for in loop :

for (var i in jsObjects) {
  if (jsObjects[i].b == 6) {
    console.log(jsObjects[i]); // {a: 5, b: 6}
  }
}

Working fiddle : https://jsfiddle.net/uq9n9g77/

Answer 3

OK, there are few ways to do that, but let's start with the simplest one and latest approach to do this, this function is called find().

Just be careful when you using find to as even IE11 dosn't support it, so it needs to be transpiled...

so you have this object as you said:

var jsObjects = [
   {a: 1, b: 2}, 
   {a: 3, b: 4}, 
   {a: 5, b: 6}, 
   {a: 7, b: 8}
];

and you can write a function and get it like this:

function filterValue(obj, key, value) {
  return obj.find(function(v){ return v[key] === value});
}

and use the function like this:

filterValue(jsObjects, "b", 6); //{a: 5, b: 6}

Also in ES6 for even shortened version:

const filterValue = (obj, key, value)=> obj.find(v => v[key] === value);

This method only return the first value which match..., for better result and browser support, you can use filter:

const filterValue = (obj, key, value)=> obj.filter(v => v[key] === value);

and we will return [{a: 5, b: 6}]...

This method will return an array instead...

You simpley use for loop as well, create a function like this:

function filteredArray(arr, key, value) {
  const newArray = [];
  for(i=0, l=arr.length; i<l; i++) {
    if(arr[i][key] === value) {
      newArray.push(arr[i]);
    }
  }
 return newArray;
}

and call it like this:

filteredArray(jsObjects, "b", 6); //[{a: 5, b: 6}]

Answer 4

If I understand correctly, you want to find the object in the array whose b property is 6?

var found;
jsObjects.some(function (obj) {
  if (obj.b === 6) {
    found = obj;
    return true;
  }
});

Or if you were using underscore:

var found = _.select(jsObjects, function (obj) {
  return obj.b === 6;
});

Answer 5

var jsObjects = [{a: 1, b: 2}, {a: 3, b: 4}, {a: 5, b: 6}, {a: 7, b: 8}];

to access the third object, use: jsObjects[2];
to access the third object b value, use: jsObjects[2].b;