Find last matching object in array of objects

Question

I have an array of objects. I need to get the object type (\"shape\" in this example) of the last object, remove it, and then find the index of the previous object in the ar

Answer 1

You should use filter! filter takes a function as an argument, and returns a new array.

var roundFruits = fruits.filter(function(d) {
 // d is each element of the original array
 return d.shape == "round";
});

Now roundFruits will contain the elements of the original array for which the function returns true. Now if you want to know the original array indexes, never fear - you can use the function map. map also operates on an array, and takes a function which acts on the array. we can chain map and filter together as follows

var roundFruits = fruits.map(function(d, i) {
  // d is each element, i is the index
  d.i = i;  // create index variable
  return d;
}).filter(function(d) {
  return d.shape == "round"
});

The resulting array will contain all objects in the original fruits array for which the shape is round, and their original index in the fruits array.

roundFruits = [
{ 
    shape: round,
    name: orange,
    i: 0
},
{ 
    shape: round,
    name: apple,
    i: 1
},
{ 
    shape: round,
    name: grapefruit
    i: 4
}
]

Now you can do whatever you need to with the exact knowledge of the location of the relevant data.

// get last round element
fruits[4];