Find a single value in array of objects in JavaScript

May 31, 2022

I’m a noob when it comes to JS and am trying to figure out how to return a single value instead of an object when using the .find() function.

Example:

var obj = [
    { name: 'Max', age: 23 },
    { name: 'John', age: 20 },
    { name: 'Caley', age: 18 }
];
 
var found = obj.find(e => e.name === 'John');
console.log(found);

This will output { name: 'John', age: 20 }

I want it to output John’s age (ie: 20) as a string.

What am I missing?

>Solution :

Simple add ?.age to your found variable.

var obj = [
    { name: 'Max', age: 23 },
    { name: 'John', age: 20 },
    { name: 'Caley', age: 18 }
];
 
var found = obj.find(e => e.name === 'John')?.age; // Using ?. incase value isnt found.
console.log(found);

You also mention you need it as a string, you can do achieve by wrapping the found var in the String function like so…

var obj = [
    { name: 'Max', age: 23 },
    { name: 'John', age: 20 },
    { name: 'Caley', age: 18 }
];
 
var found = String(obj.find(e => e.name === 'John')?.age);
console.log(found);