is there a function in lodash to replace matched item

I wonder if there is a simpler method in lodash to replace an item in a JavaScript collection? (Possible duplicate but I did not understand the answer there:)

I looked at their documentation but could not find anything

My code is:

var arr = [{id: 1, name: "Person 1"}, {id:2, name:"Person 2"}];
// Can following code be reduced to something like _.XX(arr, {id:1}, {id:1, name: "New Name"});
_.each(arr, function(a, idx){
  if(a.id === 1){
    arr[idx] = {id:1, name: "Person New Name"};
    return false;
  }
});

_.each(arr, function(a){
  document.write(a.name);
});

Update: The object I'm trying to replace with has many properties like

{id: 1, Prop1: ..., Prop2:..., and so on}

Solution:

Thanks to dfsq but I found a proper solution within lodash that seems to work fine and is pretty neat and I put it in a mixin as well since I've this requirement at many places. JSBin

var update = function(arr, key, newval) {
  var match = _.find(arr, key);
  if(match)
    _.merge(match, newval);
  else
    arr.push(newval);    
};

_.mixin({ '$update': update });

var arr = [{id: 1, name: "Person 1"}, {id:2, name:"Person 2"}];

_.$update(arr, {id:1}, {id:1, name: "New Val"});


document.write(JSON.stringify(arr));

Faster Solution As pointed out by @dfsq, following is way faster

var upsert = function (arr, key, newval) {
    var match = _.find(arr, key);
    if(match){
        var index = _.indexOf(arr, _.find(arr, key));
        arr.splice(index, 1, newval);
    } else {
        arr.push(newval);
    }
};

Solution 1:

In your case all you need to do is to find object in array and use Array.prototype.splice() method, read more details here:

var arr = [{id: 1, name: "Person 1"}, {id:2, name:"Person 2"}];

// Find item index using _.findIndex (thanks @AJ Richardson for comment)
var index = _.findIndex(arr, {id: 1});

// Replace item at index using native splice
arr.splice(index, 1, {id: 100, name: 'New object.'});

// "console.log" result
document.write(JSON.stringify( arr ));

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/2.4.1/lodash.min.js"></script>

Solution 2:

Seems like the simplest solution would to use ES6's .map or lodash's _.map:

var arr = [{id: 1, name: "Person 1"}, {id: 2, name: "Person 2"}];

// lodash
var newArr = _.map(arr, function(a) {
  return a.id === 1 ? {id: 1, name: "Person New Name"} : a;
});

// ES6
var newArr = arr.map(function(a) {
  return a.id === 1 ? {id: 1, name: "Person New Name"} : a;
});

This has the nice effect of avoiding mutating the original array.

Solution 3:

[ES6] This code works for me.

let result = array.map(item => item.id === updatedItem.id ? updatedItem : item)