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Is there an efficient way to get the values of an object from an array of objects based on a key value pair – Javascript

I am new to JavaScript and I am stuck.
I have an array of objects below

const   items = [
{
  "product": "apple",
  "quantity": 3
},
{
  "product": "orange",
  "quantity": 1
},
{
  "product": "mango",
  "quantity": 0.6
},
{
  "product": "pineapple",
  "quantity": 52
},
{
  "product": "banana",
  "quantity": 23
},
{
  "product": "avocado",
  "quantity": 14
}

]

I am trying to display these on a table and would like to get the quantity for each row based on the product, so if for instance it is a row for banana, I get 23.

What I have attempted so far is

 function specs(gizmo){
   var found = items.filter(obj => obj.product === gizmo);
   return found[0]?.quantity
 }

  console.log(specs('banana'));

This works if I hard-code the array, but when I pull it from Firestore, which is my Backend. I get the error:

Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')

I have tried adding a fallback but that still fails to work.

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Answers


  1. 0

    For you use case you should use array.find. Note that you will still need to use optional chaining since the returned value could be undefined.

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  2. 0

    As others already mentioned, use find() instead.

    You can also create a custom function that loops trough the array and searches for the item. I made an example below.

    function specs(itemToFind) {
  for(const item of items) {
    if(item.product === itemToFind) {
      return item;
    }
  }
  
  return null; // return something else if item was not found.
}

console.log(specs("banana"));
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