Search an array for matching attribute

Question

I have an array, I need to return a restaurant\'s name, but I only know the value of its \"food\" attribute (not it\'s index number).

For example, how could I return

Answer 1

In this case i would use the ECMAscript 5 Array.filter. The following solution requires array.filter() that doesn't exist in all versions of IE.

Shims can be found here: MDN Array.filter or ES5-shim

var result = restaurants.filter(function (chain) {
    return chain.restaurant.food === "chicken";
})[0].restaurant.name;