How to loop through an array containing objects and access their properties

Question

I want to cycle through the objects contained in an array and change the properties of each one. If I do this:

for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){

console.log(myArray[j]);

}

The console should bring up every object in the array, right? But in fact it only displays the first object. if I console log the array outside of the loop, all the objects appear so there's definitely more in there.

Anyway, here's the next problem. How do I access, for example Object1.x in the array, using the loop?

for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){

console.log(myArray[j.x]);

}

This returns "undefined." Again the console log outside the loop tells me that the objects all have values for "x". How do I access these properties in the loop?

I was recommended elsewhere to use separate arrays for each of the properties, but I want to make sure I've exhausted this avenue first.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Use forEach its a built-in array function. Array.forEach() :

yourArray.forEach(function (arrayItem) {
    var x = arrayItem.prop1 + 2;
    console.log(x);
});

Answer 2

Some use cases of looping through an array in the functional programming way in JavaScript:

1. Just loop through an array

const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];

myArray.forEach((element, index, array) => {
    console.log(element.x); // 100, 200, 300
    console.log(index); // 0, 1, 2
    console.log(array); // same myArray object 3 times
});

Note: Array.prototype.forEach() is not a functional way strictly speaking, as the function it takes as the input parameter is not supposed to return a value, which thus cannot be regarded as a pure function.

2. Check if any of the elements in an array pass a test

const people = [
    {name: 'John', age: 23}, 
    {name: 'Andrew', age: 3}, 
    {name: 'Peter', age: 8}, 
    {name: 'Hanna', age: 14}, 
    {name: 'Adam', age: 37}];

const anyAdult = people.some(person => person.age >= 18);
console.log(anyAdult); // true

3. Transform to a new array

const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];

const newArray= myArray.map(element => element.x);
console.log(newArray); // [100, 200, 300]

Note: The map() method creates a new array with the results of calling a provided function on every element in the calling array.

4. Sum up a particular property, and calculate its average

const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];

const sum = myArray.map(element => element.x).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
console.log(sum); // 600 = 0 + 100 + 200 + 300

const average = sum / myArray.length;
console.log(average); // 200

5. Create a new array based on the original but without modifying it

const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];

const newArray= myArray.map(element => {
    return {
        ...element,
        x: element.x * 2
    };
});

console.log(myArray); // [100, 200, 300]
console.log(newArray); // [200, 400, 600]

6. Count the number of each category

const people = [
    {name: 'John', group: 'A'}, 
    {name: 'Andrew', group: 'C'}, 
    {name: 'Peter', group: 'A'}, 
    {name: 'James', group: 'B'}, 
    {name: 'Hanna', group: 'A'}, 
    {name: 'Adam', group: 'B'}];

const groupInfo = people.reduce((groups, person) => {
    const {A = 0, B = 0, C = 0} = groups;
    if (person.group === 'A') {
        return {...groups, A: A + 1};
    } else if (person.group === 'B') {
        return {...groups, B: B + 1};
    } else {
        return {...groups, C: C + 1};
    }
}, {});

console.log(groupInfo); // {A: 3, C: 1, B: 2}

7. Retrieve a subset of an array based on particular criteria

const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];

const newArray = myArray.filter(element => element.x > 250);
console.log(newArray); // [{x:300}] 

Note: The filter() method creates a new array with all elements that pass the test implemented by the provided function.

8. Sort an array

const people = [
  { name: "John", age: 21 },
  { name: "Peter", age: 31 },
  { name: "Andrew", age: 29 },
  { name: "Thomas", age: 25 }
];

let sortByAge = people.sort(function (p1, p2) {
  return p1.age - p2.age;
});

console.log(sortByAge);

9. Find an element in an array

const people = [ {name: "john", age:23},
                {name: "john", age:43},
                {name: "jim", age:101},
                {name: "bob", age:67} ];

const john = people.find(person => person.name === 'john');
console.log(john);

The Array.prototype.find() method returns the value of the first element in the array that satisfies the provided testing function.

References

• Array.prototype.some()
• Array.prototype.forEach()
• Array.prototype.map()
• Array.prototype.filter()
• Array.prototype.sort()
• Spread syntax
• Array.prototype.find()

Answer 3

You can use a for..of loop to loop over an array of objects.

for (let item of items) {
    console.log(item); // Will display contents of the object inside the array
}

One of the best things about for..of loops is that they can iterate over more than just arrays. You can iterate over any type of iterable, including maps and objects. Make sure you use a transpiler or something like TypeScript if you need to support older browsers.

If you wanted to iterate over a map, the syntax is largely the same as the above, except it handles both the key and value.

for (const [key, value] of items) {
  console.log(value);
}

I use for..of loops for pretty much every kind of iteration I do in Javascript. Furthermore, one of the coolest things is they also work with async/await as well.

Answer 4

for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
  console.log(myArray[j].x);
}

Answer 5

Here's an example on how you can do it :)

 var students = [{ name: "Mike", track: "track-a", achievements: 23, points: 400, }, { name: "james", track: "track-a", achievements: 2, points: 21, }, ] students.forEach(myFunction); function myFunction(item, index) { for (var key in item) { console.log(item[key]) } }

Answer 6

Looping through an array of objects is a pretty fundamental functionality. This is what works for me.

 var person = []; person[0] = { firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe", age: 60 }; var i, item; for (i = 0; i < person.length; i++) { for (item in person[i]) { document.write(item + ": " + person[i][item] + "<br>"); } }

Answer 7

myArray[jx] is logically incorrect.

Use (myArray[j].x); instead

for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
  console.log(myArray[j].x);
}

Answer 8

It's really simple using the forEach method since ES5+. You can directly change each property of each object in your array.

myArray.forEach(function (arrayElem){ 
  arrayElem = newPropertyValue;
});

If you want to access a specific property on each object:

myArray.forEach(function (arrayElem){ 
      arrayElem.nameOfYourProperty = newPropertyValue;
    });

Answer 9

This would work. Looping thorough array(yourArray) . Then loop through direct properties of each object (eachObj) .

yourArray.forEach( function (eachObj){
    for (var key in eachObj) {
        if (eachObj.hasOwnProperty(key)){
           console.log(key,eachObj[key]);
        }
    }
});

Answer 10

Here's another way of iterating through an array of objects (you need to include jQuery library in your document for these).

$.each(array, function(element) {
  // do some operations with each element... 
});

Answer 11

Array object iteration, using jQuery, (use the second parameter to print the string).

$.each(array, function(index, item) {
       console.log(index, item);
});

Answer 12

Accepted answer uses normal function. So posting the same code with slight modification using arrow function on forEach

  yourArray.forEach(arrayItem => {
      var x = arrayItem.prop1 + 2;
      console.log(x);
  });

Also in $.each you can use arrow function like below

 $.each(array, (item, index) => {
       console.log(index, item);
 });

Answer 13

 const jobs = [ { name: "sipher", family: "sipherplus", job: "Devops" }, { name: "john", family: "Doe", job: "Devops" }, { name: "jim", family: "smith", job: "Devops" } ]; const txt = ` <ul> ${jobs.map(job => `<li>${job.name} ${job.family} -> ${job.job}</li>`).join('')} </ul>` ; document.body.innerHTML = txt;

Be careful about the back Ticks (`)

Answer 14

 var c = { myProperty: [ { name: 'this' }, { name: 'can' }, { name: 'get' }, { name: 'crazy' } ] }; c.myProperty.forEach(function(myProperty_element) { var x = myProperty_element.name; console.log('the name of the member is : ' + x); })

This is one of the ways how I was able to achieve it.

Answer 15

This might help somebody. Maybe it's a bug in Node.

var arr = [ { name: 'a' }, { name: 'b' }, { name: 'c' } ];
var c = 0;

This doesn't work:

while (arr[c].name) { c++; } // TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

But this works...

while (arr[c]) { c++; } // Inside the loop arr[c].name works as expected.

This works too...

while ((arr[c]) && (arr[c].name)) { c++; }

BUT simply reversing the order does not work. I'm guessing there's some kind of internal optimization here that breaks Node.

while ((arr[c].name) && (arr[c])) { c++; }

Error says the array is undefined, but it's not :-/ Node v11.15.0

Answer 16

I know it's been long but for anyone else encountering this issue, my problem is that I was looping through an array of arrays containing only one array. Like this:

// array snippet (returned from here)
} else {
   callback([results])
}

And I was using the array like this

for(const result of results){
   console.log(result.x)
}

As you can see, the array I wanted to iterate over was actually inside another array. removing the square brackets helped. Node JS and MySQL.

Answer 17

for (element in array) {
    console.log(array[element].property);
  }

This works.

Answer 18

this.data = [{name:"Rajiv", city:"Deoria"},{name:"Babbi", city:"Salempr"},{name:"Brijesh", city:"GKP"}];
for(const n of this.data) {
    console.log(n.name)
}

Answer 19

I want to loop and deconstruction assignment at the same time, so code like this: config.map(({ text, callback })=>add_btn({ text, callback }))