find-value

find-value

Find object values by passing the path as string.

Installation

$ npm i --save find-value

Example

const findValue = require("find-value");

// Some random object :)
const obj = {
    location: {
        planet: "Mars"
      , town: "Somewhere"
    }
  , names: [
        { first: "Alice", age: 19 }
      , { first: "Bob", age: 20 }
    ]
};

console.log(findValue(obj, "location.planet"));
// => "Mars"

console.log(findValue(obj, "names"));
// => [ { first: "Alice", age: 19 }, { first: "Bob", age: 20 } ]

console.log(findValue(obj, "names.0.first"));
// => "Alice"

console.log(findValue(obj, "names.1.age"));
// => 20

console.log(findValue(obj, "something.that.does.not.exist"));
// => undefined

Documentation

findValue(obj, path)

Finds the value at given path in the specified object.

Params

• Object obj: The input object.
• String path: The path to the value you want to find.

Return

• Anything The path value.

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License

MIT © Ionică Bizău