How do I loop through or enumerate a JavaScript ob

Question

I have a JavaScript object like the following:

var p = {
    "p1": "value1",
    "p2": "value2",
    "p3": "value3"
};

Now I want to loop through all p elements (p1, p2, p3...) And get their keys and values. How can I do that?

I can modify the JavaScript object if necessary. My ultimate goal is to loop through some key value pairs and if possible I want to avoid using eval.

Answer 1

I would do this rather than checking obj.hasOwnerProperty within every for ... in loop.

var obj = {a : 1};
for(var key in obj){
    //obj.hasOwnProperty(key) is not needed.
    console.log(key);
}
//then check if anybody has messed the native object. Put this code at the end of the page.
for(var key in Object){
    throw new Error("Please don't extend the native object");
}

Answer 2

After looking through all the answers in here, hasOwnProperty isn't required for my own usage because my json object is clean; there's really no sense in adding any additional javascript processing. This is all I'm using:

for (var key in p) {
    console.log(key + ' => ' + p[key]);
    // key is key
    // value is p[key]
}

Answer 3

    var p =[{"username":"ordermanageadmin","user_id":"2","resource_id":"Magento_Sales::actions"},
{"username":"ordermanageadmin_1","user_id":"3","resource_id":"Magento_Sales::actions"}]
for(var value in p) {
    for (var key in value) {
        if (p.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            console.log(key + " -> " + p[key]);
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

If you want to iterate only over properties use one of the answers above, however if you want to iterate over everything including functions, then you might want to use Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj)

for (let o of Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Math)) {
  console.log(o);
}

I sometimes use this to fast test all functions on objects with simple inputs and outputs.

Answer 5

The question won't be complete if we don't mention about alternative methods for looping through objects.

Nowadays many well known JavaScript libraries provide their own methods for iterating over collections, i.e. over arrays, objects, and array-like objects. These methods are convenient to use and are entirely compatible with any browser.

1. If you work with jQuery, you may use jQuery.each() method. It can be used to seamlessly iterate over both objects and arrays:

   $.each(obj, function(key, value) {
       console.log(key, value);
   });
   

2. In Underscore.js you can find method _.each(), which iterates over a list of elements, yielding each in turn to a supplied function (pay attention to the order of arguments in iteratee function!):

   _.each(obj, function(value, key) {
       console.log(key, value);
   });
   

3. Lo-Dash provides several methods for iterating over object properties. Basic _.forEach() (or it's alias _.each()) is useful for looping through both objects and arrays, however (!) objects with length property are treated like arrays, and to avoid this behavior it is suggested to use _.forIn() and _.forOwn() methods (these also have value argument coming first):

   _.forIn(obj, function(value, key) {
       console.log(key, value);
   });
   

   _.forIn() iterates over own and inherited enumerable properties of an object, while _.forOwn() iterates only over own properties of an object (basically checking against hasOwnProperty function). For simple objects and object literals any of these methods will work fine.

Generally all described methods have the same behaviour with any supplied objects. Besides using native for..in loop will usually be faster than any abstraction, such as jQuery.each(), these methods are considerably easier to use, require less coding and provide better error handling.

Answer 6

In ECMAScript 5 you have new approach in iteration fields of literal - Object.keys

More information you can see on MDN

My choice is below as a faster solution in current versions of browsers (Chrome30, IE10, FF25)

var keys = Object.keys(p),
    len = keys.length,
    i = 0,
    prop,
    value;
while (i < len) {
    prop = keys[i];
    value = p[prop];
    i += 1;
}

You can compare performance of this approach with different implementations on jsperf.com:

• Extend Implementations
• Object keys iteration
• object literal iteration

Browser support you can see on Kangax's compat table

For old browser you have simple and full polyfill

UPD:

performance comparison for all most popular cases in this question on perfjs.info:

object literal iteration