[javascript] How do I check if an object has a specific property in JavaScript?

Performance

Today 2020.12.17 I perform tests on MacOs HighSierra 10.13.6 on Chrome v87, Safari v13.1.2 and Firefox v83 for chosen solutions.

Results

I compare only solutions A-F because they give valid result for all cased used in snippet in details section. For all browsers

  • solution based on in (A) is fast or fastest
  • solution (E) is fastest for chrome for big objects and fastest for firefox for small arrays if key not exists
  • solution (F) is fastest (~ >10x than other solutions) for small arrays
  • solutions (D,E) are quite fast
  • solution based on losash has (B) is slowest

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Details

I perform 4 tests cases:

  • when object has 10 fields and searched key exists - you can run it HERE
  • when object has 10 fields and searched key not exists - you can run it HERE
  • when object has 10000 fields and searched key exists - you can run it HERE
  • when object has 10000 fields and searched key exists - you can run it HERE

Below snippet presents differences between solutions A B C D E F G H I J K

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// SO https://stackoverflow.com/q/135448/860099


// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14664748/860099
function A(x) {
  return 'key' in x
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11315692/860099
function B(x) {
  return _.has(x, 'key')
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40266120/860099
function C(x) {
  return Reflect.has( x, 'key')
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/q/135448/860099
function D(x) {
  return x.hasOwnProperty('key')
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11315692/860099
function E(x) {
  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(x, 'key')
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/136411/860099
function F(x) {
  function hasOwnProperty(obj, prop) {
      var proto = obj.__proto__ || obj.constructor.prototype;
      return (prop in obj) &&
          (!(prop in proto) || proto[prop] !== obj[prop]);
  }
  return hasOwnProperty(x,'key')
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/135568/860099
function G(x) {
  return typeof(x.key) !== 'undefined'
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22740939/860099
function H(x) {
  return x.key !== undefined
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38332171/860099
function I(x) {
  return !!x.key
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41184688/860099
function J(x) {
  return !!x['key']
}

// src: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54196605/860099
function K(x) {
  return Boolean(x.key)
}


// --------------------
// TEST
// --------------------

let x1 = {'key': 1};
let x2 = {'key': "1"};
let x3 = {'key': true};
let x4 = {'key': []};
let x5 = {'key': {}};
let x6 = {'key': ()=>{}};
let x7 = {'key': ''};
let x8 = {'key': 0};
let x9 = {'key': false};
let x10= {'key': undefined};
let x11= {'nokey': 1};



let b= x=> x ? 1:0;

console.log('  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11');

[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K ].map(f=> {  
  console.log(
    `${f.name} ${b(f(x1))} ${b(f(x2))} ${b(f(x3))} ${b(f(x4))} ${b(f(x5))} ${b(f(x6))} ${b(f(x7))} ${b(f(x8))} ${b(f(x9))} ${b(f(x10))}  ${b(f(x11))} `
  )})
  
console.log('\nLegend: Columns (cases)');
console.log('1.  key = 1 ');
console.log('2.  key = "1" ');
console.log('3.  key = true ');
console.log('4.  key = [] ');
console.log('5.  key = {} ');
console.log('6.  key = ()=>{} ');
console.log('7.  key = "" ');
console.log('8.  key = 0 ');
console.log('9.  key = false ');
console.log('10. key = undefined ');
console.log('11. no-key ');
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.20/lodash.min.js" integrity="sha512-90vH1Z83AJY9DmlWa8WkjkV79yfS2n2Oxhsi2dZbIv0nC4E6m5AbH8Nh156kkM7JePmqD6tcZsfad1ueoaovww==" crossorigin="anonymous"> </script>
  
This shippet only presents functions used in performance tests - it not perform tests itself!
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And here are example results for chrome

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