Does javascript _.where() function not allow spaces in the string?

Question

I am trying to use _.where to look through this large json mapping file. I have used it before but the search terms never contained spaces and the function worked well. Now I am using search terms that have spaces and it never brings back any matches. Here is a segment of code with an example entityName (the search term).

   entityName = "HEMTT WRECKER M984A1 MK19";
    alert("entityName2: " + entityName);
    entityMap = _.where(cdpeConfig.oobEntityMap, { "obs name" :entityName});
    alert("entityMap: " + entityMap);

Inside of the oobEntityMap there are json elements the above entityName should match with the following:

{
"obs name":"HEMTT WRECKER M984A1 MK19",
"edcss name":"M977_HEMTT_CARGO",
"mapping type":"skos:relatedMatch",
"obs dis enum":"1:2:225:7:19:3:2",
"edcss dis enum":"1:0:225:9:19:1:0"
}

Answer 1

Javascript does not have a _.where() function. Underscore does have this function, which is probably what your using.

http://underscorejs.org/#where

It does allow for spaces.

var stuff = [
    {"Bilbo Baggins" : "Little Hobbit"},  
    {"Gandalf Grey" : "Tall Wizard"}
];

var foo = _.where(stuff, {"Bilbo Baggins" : "Little Hobbit"}); 
console.log(foo);

http://jsfiddle.net/av3rhxp9/

Try seeing if cdpeConfig.oobEntityMap that your passing is actually an object or an array and that is not undefined or empty. .

Answer 2

You could try using _.filter instead of _.where , to see if that makes any difference:

entityMap = _.filter(cdpeConfig.oobEntityMap, function(obj){ 
     return obj["obs name"].match(/HEMTT WRECKER M984A1 MK19/);
});