How to use lodash to find and return an object from Array?
JavascriptArraysLodashJavascript Problem Overview
My objects:
[
{
description: 'object1', id: 1
},
{
description: 'object2', id: 2
}
{
description: 'object3', id: 3
}
{
description: 'object4', id: 4
}
]
In my function below I'm passing in the description to find the matching ID:
function pluckSavedView(action, view) {
console.log('action: ', action);
console.log('pluckSavedView: ', view); // view = 'object1'
var savedViews = retrieveSavedViews();
console.log('savedViews: ', savedViews);
if (action === 'delete') {
var delete_id = _.result(_.find(savedViews, function(description) {
return description === view;
}), 'id');
console.log('delete_id: ', delete_id); // should be '1', but is undefined
}
}
I'm trying to use lodash's find method: https://lodash.com/docs#find
However my variable delete_id
is coming out undefined.
Update for people checking this question out, Ramda is a nice library to do the same thing lodash does, but in a more functional programming way :) http://ramdajs.com/0.21.0/docs/
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
lodash and ES5
var song = _.find(songs, {id:id});
lodash and ES6
let song = _.find(songs, {id});
docs at https://lodash.com/docs#find
Solution 2 - Javascript
The argument passed to the callback is one of the elements of the array. The elements of your array are objects of the form {description: ..., id: ...}
.
var delete_id = _.result(_.find(savedViews, function(obj) {
return obj.description === view;
}), 'id');
Yet another alternative from the docs you linked to (lodash v3):
_.find(savedViews, 'description', view);
Lodash v4:
_.find(savedViews, ['description', view]);
Solution 3 - Javascript
You can do this easily in vanilla JS:
Using find
:
const savedViews = [{"description":"object1","id":1},{"description":"object2","id":2},{"description":"object3","id":3},{"description":"object4","id":4}];
const view = 'object2';
const delete_id = savedViews.find(obj => {
return obj.description === view;
}).id;
console.log(delete_id);
Using filter
(original answer):
const savedViews = [{"description":"object1","id":1},{"description":"object2","id":2},{"description":"object3","id":3},{"description":"object4","id":4}];
const view = 'object2';
const delete_id = savedViews.filter(function (el) {
return el.description === view;
})[0].id;
console.log(delete_id);
Solution 4 - Javascript
With the find
method, your callback is going to be passed the value of each element, like:
{
description: 'object1', id: 1
}
Thus, you want code like:
_.find(savedViews, function(o) {
return o.description === view;
})
Solution 5 - Javascript
You don't need Lodash or Ramda or any other extra dependency.
Just use the ES6 find() function in a functional way:
savedViews.find(el => el.description === view)
Sometimes you need to use 3rd-party libraries to get all the goodies that come with them. However, generally speaking, try avoiding dependencies when you don't need them. Dependencies can:
- bloat your bundled code size,
- you will have to keep them up to date,
- and they can introduce bugs or security risks
Solution 6 - Javascript
for this find the given Object in an Array, a basic usage example of _.find
const array =
[
{
description: 'object1', id: 1
},
{
description: 'object2', id: 2
},
{
description: 'object3', id: 3
},
{
description: 'object4', id: 4
}
];
this would work well
q = _.find(array, {id:'4'}); // delete id
console.log(q); // {description: 'object4', id: 4}
_.find will help with returning an element in an array, rather than it’s index. So if you have an array of objects and you want to find a single object in the array by a certain key value pare _.find is the right tools for the job.
Solution 7 - Javascript
You can use the following
import { find } from 'lodash'
Then to return the entire object (not only its key or value) from the list with the following:
let match = find(savedViews, { 'ID': 'id to match'});
Solution 8 - Javascript
var delete_id = _(savedViews).where({ description : view }).get('0.id')
Solution 9 - Javascript
Import lodash
using
> $ npm i --save lodash
var _ = require('lodash');
var objArrayList =
[
{ name: "user1"},
{ name: "user2"},
{ name: "user2"}
];
var Obj = _.find(objArrayList, { name: "user2" });
// Obj ==> { name: "user2"}
Solution 10 - Javascript
Fetch id basing on name
{
"roles": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "admin",
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "manager",
}
]
}
fetchIdBasingOnRole() {
const self = this;
if (this.employee.roles) {
var roleid = _.result(
_.find(this.getRoles, function(obj) {
return obj.name === self.employee.roles;
}),
"id"
);
}
return roleid;
},