I have this array of objects.

[Object, Object, Object]
0:Object
 name: "Rick"
 Contact: "Yes"
 Date:'null'
 Location:'null'
1:Object
 name:"Anjie"
 Contact:"No"
 Date:'13/6/2016'
 Location:'LA'
2:Object
 name:"dillan"
 Contact:"Maybe"
 Date:'17/6/2016'
 Location:'NY'

As you can see, there are null values for Object[0] for Date and Location. I want to check if there is a null value present in the entire array of Objects. If there is a null value present for 'Date' and 'Location', i should be able to display 'Null present' at the console. If no null values are present, it should display 'Data right' at the console.

can someone please let me know how to achieve this.

I have this array of objects.

[Object, Object, Object]
0:Object
 name: "Rick"
 Contact: "Yes"
 Date:'null'
 Location:'null'
1:Object
 name:"Anjie"
 Contact:"No"
 Date:'13/6/2016'
 Location:'LA'
2:Object
 name:"dillan"
 Contact:"Maybe"
 Date:'17/6/2016'
 Location:'NY'

As you can see, there are null values for Object[0] for Date and Location. I want to check if there is a null value present in the entire array of Objects. If there is a null value present for 'Date' and 'Location', i should be able to display 'Null present' at the console. If no null values are present, it should display 'Data right' at the console.

can someone please let me know how to achieve this.

• javascript
• arrays
• object
• iteration
• underscore.js

• 1 is 'null' of type string or null? What do you want to return when there is a null value present, but not for 'Date' or 'Location'? – le_m Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 17:48
• How did the nulls go from null to strings? Was not Ninja edited from when I first saw the question? – epascarello Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 17:56

4 Answers 4

Do it using Object.keys() and Array#some methods

var data = [{
  name: "Rick",
  Contact: "Yes",
  Date: null,
  Location: null
}, {
  name: "Anjie",
  Contact: "No",
  Date: '13/6/2016',
  Location: 'LA'
}, {
  name: "dillan",
  Contact: "Maybe",
  Date: '17/6/2016',
  Location: 'NY'
}];


// iterate over array elements
data.forEach(function(v, i) {
  if (
    // get all properties and check any of it's value is null
    Object.keys(v).some(function(k) {
      return v[k] == null;
    })
  )
    console.log('null value present', i);
  else
    console.log('data right', i);
});

var wasNull = false;
for(var i in objectsArray) {
  if(objectsArray[i].Date == null || objectsArray[i].Location == null) wasNull = true;
}
if(wasNull) console.log('Was null');
else console.log('Data right');

Use some() and check if there is a null.

var arr = [
   { a : "a", b : "b", c : "c" },
   { a : "a", b : "b", c : "c" },
   { a : "a", b : "b", c : null }
];

function hasNull(element, index, array) {
  return element.a===null || element.b===null || element.c===null;
}
console.log( arr.some(hasNull) );

If you do not want to hardCode the if, than you need to add another loop and loop over the keys.

var arr = [
   { a : "a1", b : "b1", c : "c1" },
   { a : "a2", b : "b2", c : "c2" },
   { a : "a3", b : "b3", c : null }
];

function hasNull(element, index, array) {
  return Object.keys(element).some( 
    function (key) { 
      return element[key]===null; 
    }
  ); 
}
console.log( arr.some(hasNull) );

or JSON with a reg exp (

var arr = [
   { a : "a1", b : "b1", c : "c1" },
   { a : "a2", b : "b2", c : "c2" },
   { a : "a3", b : "b3", c : null }
];

var hasMatch = JSON.stringify(arr).match(/:null[\},]/)!==null;
console.log(hasMatch);

A solution using underscore:

var nullPresent = _.some(data, item => _.some(_.pick(item, 'Date', 'Location'), _.isNull));