JS: Get the prior status of the list based on the order of the provided statuses.

index.js

/**
 * Get the prior status of the list based on the order of the provided statuses.
 * 
 * @example
 * getPriorStatus([{ status: 'active' }, { status: 'pending' }, { status: 'approved' }], ['approved', 'active', 'declined', 'pending'])
 * @returns
 * approved
 */
const getPriorStatus = (data, statuses) => {
  for (let i = 0; i < statuses.length; i++) {
    const status = statuses[i]

    if (data.find(item => item.status === status)) {
      return status
    }
  }

  return ''
}