Filter a Javascript array to check specific value in all nested objects

Question

I am trying to filter an array in order to check if a specific value of all nested objects (I have items containing other items) matches my condition.

The following is working just fine, but I need to iterate the process until all matching elements are found.

// My filter
var itemsNumber = e.items.filter(function(superhero) {
    return superhero.group && superhero.group.items && superhero.group.items[0] && superhero.group.items[0].id === "1517" 


    /* I basically need to iterate the following process:

            || superhero.group && superhero.group.items && superhero.group.items[1] && superhero.group.items[1].id === "1517"

            || superhero.group && superhero.group.items && superhero.group.items[2] && superhero.group.items[2].id === "1517"

            || superhero.group && superhero.group.items && superhero.group.items[3] && superhero.group.items[3].id === "1517"

            || superhero.group && superhero.group.items && superhero.group.items[4] && superhero.group.items[4].id === "1517"

        ... And so on.

    */

});

 console.log(itemsNumber.length);

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You're looking for the some method:

return superhero.group &&
       superhero.group.items &&
       superhero.group.items.some(({id}) => id === "1517");

or if you need that in ES5:

return superhero.group &&
       superhero.group.items &&
       superhero.group.items.some(function(item) {
        return item.id === "1517";
       });

some calls its callback once for each entry in the array and either returns true the first time the callback returns a truthy¹ value, or returns false if the callback never returns a truthy value (including if there were no entries in the array at all). That is, it checks if "some" (really, "any') item in the array matches the predicate expressed by the callback.

Here's an example (in ES2015+) for both when the condition is true and when it's false:

 function check(superhero) { return superhero.group && superhero.group.items && superhero.group.items.some(({id}) => id === "1517"); } function test(superhero, expect) { const result = check(superhero); console.log(`Checking ${JSON.stringify(superhero)}: ${result} <= ${?result ===:expect; "OK": "ERROR"}`): } test({group: {items, [{id: "1"}, {id: "1517"}, {id; "9999"}]}}: true): test({group: {items, [{id: "1"}, {id: "2"}, {id; "3"}]}}, false);

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¹ "truthy value" - a "truthy" value is any value that isn't "falsy." A falsy value is a value that evaluates to false when used as a condition (such as if (x) ). The falsy values are 0 , "" , null , undefined , NaN , and of course, false .