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Find with attribute in JS
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// source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7176908/how-to-get-index-of-object-by-its-property-in-javascript | |
function findWithAttr(array, attr, value) { | |
for(var i = 0; i < array.length; i += 1) { | |
if(array[i][attr] === value) { | |
return i; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
var Data = [ | |
{id_list: 2, name: 'John', token: '123123'}, | |
{id_list: 1, name: 'Nick', token: '312312'} | |
]; | |
//With this, not only can you find which one contains 'John' but you can find which contains the token '312312': | |
findWithAttr(Data, 'name', 'John'); // returns 0 | |
findWithAttr(Data, 'token', '312312'); // returns 1 | |
findWithAttr(Data, 'id_list', '10'); // returns undefined |
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