Javascript: How to check for certain items in an array

Ignoring Order

Ignoring order, we can take the input array and compare it to the keys like so:

var dayPartsArr = ['WDM','PT','WDD','EF','WKE']; //out of order

var dayPartsMap = {
  'PT': 'PRIME TIME',
  'WDM': 'WEEKDAY MORNING',
  'WDD': 'WEEKDAY DAYTIME',
  'EF': 'EARLY FRINGE',
  'WKE': 'WEEKEND DAYTIME'
};

dayPartsArr.every(item => ~Object.keys(dayPartsMap).indexOf(item)); // true

// Compare against an array with a missing key
dayPartsArr = ['WDM','PT','FAKE', 'WDD','EF','WKE'];

dayPartsArr.every(item => ~Object.keys(dayPartsMap).indexOf(item)); // false

Note the ~ is the bitwise NOT operator, it helps with indexOf

Previous Answer

You can convert the Object's keys to an array and compare that array, like so:

For more information on Object.keys, check MDN here.

var dayPartsArr = ['PT','WDM','WDD','EF','WKE'];

var dayPartsMap = {
  'PT': 'PRIME TIME',
  'WDM': 'WEEKDAY MORNING',
  'WDD': 'WEEKDAY DAYTIME',
  'EF': 'EARLY FRINGE',
  'WKE': 'WEEKEND DAYTIME'
};

// Create the comparison function...
function arraysIdentical(a, b) {
   var i = a.length;
   if (i != b.length) return false;
   while (i--) {
       if (a[i] !== b[i]) return false;
   }
       return true;
};

/// compare!
arraysIdentical(dayPartsArr, Object.keys(dayPartsMap)); // true

arraysIdentical originally suggested by Tim Down

We can use every and filter to solve the issue.

Ref:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/filter
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/every

var dayPartsArr = ['PT','WDM','WDD','EF','WKE'];
var dayPartsMap = {
   'PT': 'PRIME TIME',
   'WDM': 'WEEKDAY MORNING',
   'WDD': 'WEEKDAY DAYTIME',
   'EF': 'EARLY FRINGE',
   'WKE': 'WEEKEND DAYTIME', 
};

// > 1 for WKE
// var dayPartsArr = ['PT','WDM','WDD','EF','WKE', 'WKE'];

const check = Object.keys(dayPartsMap).every(key =>   dayPartsArr.filter(day => day === key).length === 1);

console.log(check);

You can use Array.prototype.every to check if all items of dayPartsArr are present in dayPartsMap keys:

var dayPartsArr = ['PT','WDM','WDD','EF','WKE'];

var dayPartsMap = { 'PT': 'PRIME TIME', 'WDM': 'WEEKDAY MORNING', 'WDD': 'WEEKDAY DAYTIME', 'EF': 'EARLY FRINGE', 'WKE': 'WEEKEND DAYTIME' };

var objKeys = Object.keys(dayPartsMap);
var result = dayPartsArr.every(day => objKeys.includes(day));

console.log(result);