Filter array of objects by object key

Question

I have an array of objects in Javascript:

var List = [
            {
                employee:\'Joe\',
                type:\'holiday\',
            },
              


        

Answer 1

Sorry - I don't have the rep. to comment yet but I believe it should be

return el.employee === ename;  // No quotes around ename

Otherwise the answer @Ben gives is perfect - it can be extended into a 'groupby' function if using underscore is out of the question a the project.