[javascript] How to change value of object which is inside an array using JavaScript or jQuery?

The code below comes from jQuery UI Autocomplete:

var projects = [
    {
        value: "jquery",
        label: "jQuery",
        desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",
        icon: "jquery_32x32.png"
    },
    {
        value: "jquery-ui",
        label: "jQuery UI",
        desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",
        icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"
    },
    {
        value: "sizzlejs",
        label: "Sizzle JS",
        desc: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine",
        icon: "sizzlejs_32x32.png"
    }
];

For example, I want to change the desc value of jquery-ui. How can I do that?

Additionally, is there a faster way to get the data? I mean give the object a name to fetch its data, just like the object inside an array? So it would be something like jquery-ui.jquery-ui.desc = ....

You can use map function --

const answers = this.state.answers.map(answer => {
  if(answer.id === id) return { id: id, value: e.target.value }
  return answer
})

this.setState({ answers: answers })

try using forEach(item,index) helper

var projects = [
    {
        value: "jquery",
        label: "jQuery",
        desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",
        icon: "jquery_32x32.png"
    },
    {
        value: "jquery-ui",
        label: "jQuery UI",
        desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",
        icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"
    },
    {
        value: "sizzlejs",
        label: "Sizzle JS",
        desc: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine",
        icon: "sizzlejs_32x32.png"
    }
];

let search_to_change = 'jquery'

projects.forEach((item,index)=>{
   if(item.value == search_to_change )
      projects[index].desc = 'your description ' 
})

We can also use Array's map function to modify object of an array using Javascript.

function changeDesc(value, desc){
   projects.map((project) => project.value == value ? project.desc = desc : null)
}

changeDesc('jquery', 'new description')

The best solution, thanks to ES6.

This returns a new array with a replaced description for the object that contains a value equal to "jquery-ui".

const newProjects = projects.map(p =>
  p.value === 'jquery-ui'
    ? { ...p, desc: 'new description' }
    : p
);

ES6 way, without mutating original data.

var projects = [
{
    value: "jquery",
    label: "jQuery",
    desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",
    icon: "jquery_32x32.png"
},
{
    value: "jquery-ui",
    label: "jQuery UI",
    desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",
    icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"
}];

//find the index of object from array that you want to update
const objIndex = projects.findIndex(obj => obj.value === 'jquery-ui');

// make new object of updated object.   
const updatedObj = { ...projects[objIndex], desc: 'updated desc value'};

// make final new array of objects by combining updated object.
const updatedProjects = [
  ...projects.slice(0, objIndex),
  updatedObj,
  ...projects.slice(objIndex + 1),
];

console.log("original data=", projects);
console.log("updated data=", updatedProjects);

Try this code. it uses jQuery grep function

array = $.grep(array, function (a) {
    if (a.Id == id) {
        a.Value= newValue;
    }
    return a;
});

you need to know the index of the object you are changing. then its pretty simple

projects[1].desc= "new string";

Let you want to update value of array[2] = "data"

    for(i=0;i<array.length;i++){
      if(i == 2){
         array[i] = "data";
        }
    }

let thismoth = moment(new Date()).format('MMMM');
months.sort(function (x, y) { return x == thismoth ? -1 : y == thismoth ? 1 : 0; });

It's easily can be accomplished with underscore/lodash library:

  _.chain(projects)
   .find({value:"jquery-ui"})
   .merge({desc: "new desc"});

Docs:
https://lodash.com/docs#find
https://lodash.com/docs#merge

This is another answer involving find. This relies on the fact that find:

• iterates through every object in the array UNTIL a match is found
• each object is provided to you and is MODIFIABLE

Here's the critical Javascript snippet:

projects.find( function (p) {
    if (p.value !== 'jquery-ui') return false;
    p.desc = 'your value';
    return true;
} );

Here's an alternate version of the same Javascript:

projects.find( function (p) {
    if (p.value === 'jquery-ui') {
        p.desc = 'your value';
        return true;
    }
    return false;
} );

Here's an even shorter (and somewhat more evil version):

projects.find( p => p.value === 'jquery-ui' && ( p.desc = 'your value', true ) );

Here's a full working version:

  var projects = [_x000D_
            {_x000D_
                value: "jquery",_x000D_
                label: "jQuery",_x000D_
                desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",_x000D_
                icon: "jquery_32x32.png"_x000D_
            },_x000D_
            {_x000D_
                value: "jquery-ui",_x000D_
                label: "jQuery UI",_x000D_
                desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",_x000D_
                icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"_x000D_
            },_x000D_
            {_x000D_
                value: "sizzlejs",_x000D_
                label: "Sizzle JS",_x000D_
                desc: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine",_x000D_
                icon: "sizzlejs_32x32.png"_x000D_
            }_x000D_
        ];_x000D_
_x000D_
projects.find( p => p.value === 'jquery-ui' && ( p.desc = 'your value', true ) );_x000D_
_x000D_
console.log( JSON.stringify( projects, undefined, 2 ) );

It is quite simple

• Find the index of the object using findIndex method.
• Store the index in variable.
• Do a simple update like this: yourArray[indexThatyouFind]

//Initailize array of objects._x000D_
let myArray = [_x000D_
  {id: 0, name: "Jhon"},_x000D_
  {id: 1, name: "Sara"},_x000D_
  {id: 2, name: "Domnic"},_x000D_
  {id: 3, name: "Bravo"}_x000D_
],_x000D_
    _x000D_
//Find index of specific object using findIndex method.    _x000D_
objIndex = myArray.findIndex((obj => obj.id == 1));_x000D_
_x000D_
//Log object to Console._x000D_
console.log("Before update: ", myArray[objIndex])_x000D_
_x000D_
//Update object's name property._x000D_
myArray[objIndex].name = "Laila"_x000D_
_x000D_
//Log object to console again._x000D_
console.log("After update: ", myArray[objIndex])

Here is a nice neat clear answer. I wasn't 100% sure this would work but it seems to be fine. Please let me know if a lib is required for this, but I don't think one is. Also if this doesn't work in x browser please let me know. I tried this in Chrome IE11 and Edge they all seemed to work fine.

    var Students = [
        { ID: 1, FName: "Ajay", LName: "Test1", Age: 20},
        { ID: 2, FName: "Jack", LName: "Test2", Age: 21},
        { ID: 3, FName: "John", LName: "Test3", age: 22},
        { ID: 4, FName: "Steve", LName: "Test4", Age: 22}
    ]

    Students.forEach(function (Student) {
        if (Student.LName == 'Test1') {
            Student.LName = 'Smith'
        }
        if (Student.LName == 'Test2') {
            Student.LName = 'Black'
        }
    });

    Students.forEach(function (Student) {
        document.write(Student.FName + " " + Student.LName + "<BR>");
    });

Output should be as follows

Ajay Smith

Jack Black

John Test3

Steve Test4

Using map is the best solution without using extra libraries.(using ES6)

const state = [
{
    userId: 1,
    id: 100,
    title: "delectus aut autem",
    completed: false
},
{
    userId: 1,
    id: 101,
    title: "quis ut nam facilis et officia qui",
    completed: false
},
{
    userId: 1,
    id: 102,
    title: "fugiat veniam minus",
    completed: false
},
{
    userId: 1,
    id: 103,
    title: "et porro tempora",
    completed: true
}]

const newState = state.map(obj =>
    obj.id === "101" ? { ...obj, completed: true } : obj
);

you can use .find so in your example

   var projects = [
            {
                value: "jquery",
                label: "jQuery",
                desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",
                icon: "jquery_32x32.png"
            },
            {
                value: "jquery-ui",
                label: "jQuery UI",
                desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",
                icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"
            },
            {
                value: "sizzlejs",
                label: "Sizzle JS",
                desc: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine",
                icon: "sizzlejs_32x32.png"
            }
        ];

let project = projects.find((p) => {
    return p.value === 'jquery-ui';
});

project.desc = 'your value'

You can use $.each() to iterate over the array and locate the object you're interested in:

$.each(projects, function() {
    if (this.value == "jquery-ui") {
        this.desc = "Your new description";
    }
});

upsert(array, item) { 
        const i = array.findIndex(_item => _item.id === item.id);
        if (i > -1) {
            let result = array.filter(obj => obj.id !== item.id);
            return [...result, item]
        }
        else {
            return [...array, item]
        };
    }

The power of javascript destructuring

const projects = [
  {
    value: 'jquery',
    label: 'jQuery',
    desc: 'the write less, do more, JavaScript library',
    icon: 'jquery_32x32.png',
    anotherObj: {
      value: 'jquery',
      label: 'jQuery',
      desc: 'the write less, do more, JavaScript library',
      icon: 'jquery_32x32.png',
    },
  },
  {
    value: 'jquery-ui',
    label: 'jQuery UI',
    desc: 'the official user interface library for jQuery',
    icon: 'jqueryui_32x32.png',
  },
  {
    value: 'sizzlejs',
    label: 'Sizzle JS',
    desc: 'a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine',
    icon: 'sizzlejs_32x32.png',
  },
];

function createNewDate(date) {
  const newDate = [];
  date.map((obj, index) => {
    if (index === 0) {
      newDate.push({
        ...obj,
        value: 'Jquery??',
        label: 'Jquery is not that good',
        anotherObj: {
          ...obj.anotherObj,
          value: 'Javascript',
          label: 'Javascript',
          desc: 'Write more!!! do more!! with JavaScript',
          icon: 'javascript_4kx4k.4kimage',
        },
      });
    } else {
      newDate.push({
        ...obj,
      });
    }
  });

  return newDate;
}

console.log(createNewDate(projects));

Find the index first:

function getIndex(array, key, value) {
        var found = false;
        var i = 0;
        while (i<array.length && !found) {
          if (array[i][key]==value) {
            found = true;
            return i;
          }
          i++;
        }
      }

Then:

console.log(getIndex($scope.rides, "_id", id));

Then do what you want with this index, like:

$scope[returnedindex].someKey = "someValue";

Note: please do not use for, since for will check all the array documents, use while with a stopper, so it will stop once it is found, thus faster code.

You can create your specific function like the below, then use that everywhere you need.

var each    = (arr, func) => 
                Array.from(
                    (function* (){
                        var i = 0;
                        for(var item of arr)
                            yield func(item, i++);
                    })()
                );

Enjoy..

This is my response to the problem. My underscore version was 1.7 hence I could not use .findIndex.

So I manually got the index of item and replaced it. Here is the code for the same.

 var students = [ 
{id:1,fName:"Ajay", lName:"Singh", age:20, sex:"M" },
{id:2,fName:"Raj", lName:"Sharma", age:21, sex:"M" },
{id:3,fName:"Amar", lName:"Verma", age:22, sex:"M" },
{id:4,fName:"Shiv", lName:"Singh", age:22, sex:"M" }
               ]

Below method will replace the student with id:4 with more attributes in the object

function updateStudent(id) {
 var indexOfRequiredStudent = -1;
    _.each(students,function(student,index) {                    
      if(student.id === id) {                        
           indexOfRequiredStudent = index; return;      
      }});
 students[indexOfRequiredStudent] = _.extend(students[indexOfRequiredStudent],{class:"First Year",branch:"CSE"});           

}

With underscore 1.8 it will be simplified as we have methods _.findIndexOf.

to update multiple items with the matches use:

_.chain(projects).map(item => {
      item.desc = item.value === "jquery-ui" ? "new desc" : item.desc;
      return item;
    })

Here i am using angular js. In javascript you can use for loop to find.

    if($scope.bechval>0 &&$scope.bechval!=undefined)
    {

                angular.forEach($scope.model.benhmarkghamlest, function (val, key) {
                $scope.model.benhmarkghamlest[key].bechval = $scope.bechval;

            });
    }
    else {
        alert("Please sepecify Bechmark value");
    }

Assuming you wanted to run a bit more complicated codes during the modification, you might reach for an if-else statement over the ternary operator approach

// original 'projects' array;
var projects = [
    {
        value: "jquery",
        label: "jQuery",
        desc: "the write less, do more, JavaScript library",
        icon: "jquery_32x32.png"
    },
    {
        value: "jquery-ui",
        label: "jQuery UI",
        desc: "the official user interface library for jQuery",
        icon: "jqueryui_32x32.png"
    },
    {
        value: "sizzlejs",
        label: "Sizzle JS",
        desc: "a pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine",
        icon: "sizzlejs_32x32.png"
    }
];

// modify original 'projects' array, and save modified array into 'projects' variable
projects = projects.map(project => {
// When there's an object where key 'value' has value 'jquery-ui'
    if (project.value == 'jquery-ui') {

// do stuff and set a new value for where object's key is 'value'
        project.value = 'updated value';

// do more stuff and also set a new value for where the object's key is 'label', etc.
        project.label = 'updated label';

// now return modified object
        return project;
    } else {
// just return object as is
        return project;
    }
});

// log modified 'projects' array
console.log(projects);

given the following data, we want to replace berries in the summerFruits list with watermelon.

const summerFruits = [
{id:1,name:'apple'}, 
{id:2, name:'orange'}, 
{id:3, name: 'berries'}];

const fruit = {id:3, name: 'watermelon'};

Two ways you can do this.

First approach:

//create a copy of summer fruits.
const summerFruitsCopy = [...summerFruits];

//find index of item to be replaced
const targetIndex = summerFruits.findIndex(f=>f.id===3); 

//replace the object with a new one.
summerFruitsCopy[targetIndex] = fruit;

Second approach: using map, and spread:

const summerFruitsCopy = summerFruits.map(fruitItem => 
fruitItem .id === fruit.id ? 
    {...summerFruits, ...fruit} : fruitItem );

summerFruitsCopy list will now return an array with updated object.

I think this way is better

const index = projects.findIndex(project => project.value==='jquery-ui');
projects[index].desc = "updated desc";