Get the first key name of a javascript object [duplicate]

Answer 1

With Underscore.js, you could do

_.find( {"one": [1,2,3], "two": [4,5,6]} )

It will return [1,2,3]

Answer 2

I use Lodash for defensive coding reasons.

In particular, there are cases where I do not know if there will or will not be any properties in the object I'm trying to get the key for.

A "fully defensive" approach with Lodash would use both keys as well as get:

const firstKey = _.get(_.keys(ahash), 0);

Answer 3

You can query the content of an object, per its array position.
For instance:

 let obj = {plainKey: 'plain value'};

 let firstKey = Object.keys(obj)[0]; // "plainKey"
 let firstValue = Object.values(obj)[0]; // "plain value"

 /* or */

 let [key, value] = Object.entries(obj)[0]; // ["plainKey", "plain value"]

 console.log(key); // "plainKey"
 console.log(value); // "plain value"

Answer 4

If you decide to use Underscore.js you better do

_.values(ahash)[0]

to get value, or

_.keys(ahash)[0]

to get key.

Answer 5

In Javascript you can do the following:

Object.keys(ahash)[0];

Answer 6

Try this:

for (var firstKey in ahash) break;

alert(firstKey);  // 'one'