Query Array with Underscore.js

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I have two JavaScript arrays. My first array looks like this:

teams: [
  { id: 1, name:'Flyers' },
  { id: 2, name:'Hawks' },
  { id: 3, name:'Bats' },
  { id: 4, name:'Ninjas' },
  { id: 5, name:'Seals' }
];

selected: ["1", "3", "4"];

How do I return an array of teams that have an ID in selected? I'm trying to do this with underscore.js Currently, I have:

  var selected = _.filter(teams, function (team) {
    return _.contains(selected, team.id);
  });

However, that's not working. What am I doing wrong?

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-16 18:56:09Z

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Since team.id is a number, it will never appear in an array of strings.

answered Dec 16, 2013 at 18:56

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mu is too short · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-16 19:41:42Z

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I would use a two step process for this. Using _.contains inside a loop is a bad habit and you can skip it by precomputing a simple lookup table using _.object:

var selected_has = _(selected).object(selected);

Since all the values in selected are truthy, we can say things like if(select_has[id]) to see if id is in selected.

var matches = _(teams).filter(function(o) {
    return selected_has[o.id]
});

Of course, you pay a little bit for the type conversions but you gain expressiveness.

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/ambiguous/b4XyU/

answered Dec 16, 2013 at 19:41

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