[Javascript] How do I search for all the objects in my database that have the same property values?

Question

For example, I'd have something like

var car1 = {
make:'Ford';
model: 'F150';
color: 'blue';
}

var car2 = {
make: 'Ford';
model: 'Fiesta';
color: 'yellow';
}

and I want to be able to type into a textbox "Ford" and have both pop up or type in "yellow" and have only car2 show up. How do I accomplish this?

Answer 1

Michael Greetings :))

First of all fetch all your objects from the database, then push them in an array. Let's call it 'objects'. Now, iterate through it :

const search = 'Ford';

objects.forEach(data => {
if (data.make === search) {
console.log(data.color); // blue, yellow
}
});

Now, if you want to search by color, change data.make to data.color and the search to 'yellow'.

:))

Answer 2

You have a syntax error. You used semicolons instead of commas to seperate object properties. If you fix that. Then with this additional code you can search your objects

const carsArr = [car1, car2];
function searchCars(search_str, cars=carsArr){
return [...cars].filter(car => search_str == car.make);
}
const results = searchCars("Ford");
results.forEach(car=>console.log(Object.values(car)));

To search for colors instead, just change car.make to car.color in the return statement

Answer 3

its actually mostly done with SQL, a database management language where you store excel tables of information and search in good ways. like searching models with ford like this for example SELECT somedatatablewithinformatiom FROM cars WHERE model="Ford"

Answer 4

oh haha thats it, a great solution!

Answer 5

I dont know how to do it in JS quite sadly...