How to change value of object which is inside an array using JavaScript or jQuery?

Solution 1:

It is quite simple

• Find the index of the object using findIndex method.
• Store the index in variable.
• Do a simple update like this: yourArray[indexThatyouFind]

//Initailize array of objects.
let myArray = [
  {id: 0, name: "Jhon"},
  {id: 1, name: "Sara"},
  {id: 2, name: "Domnic"},
  {id: 3, name: "Bravo"}
],
    
//Find index of specific object using findIndex method.    
objIndex = myArray.findIndex((obj => obj.id == 1));

//Log object to Console.
console.log("Before update: ", myArray[objIndex])

//Update object's name property.
myArray[objIndex].name = "Laila"

//Log object to console again.
console.log("After update: ", myArray[objIndex])

Solution 2:

You have to search in the array like:

function changeDesc( value, desc ) {
   for (var i in projects) {
     if (projects[i].value == value) {
        projects[i].desc = desc;
        break; //Stop this loop, we found it!
     }
   }
}

and use it like

var projects = [ ... ];
changeDesc ( 'jquery-ui', 'new description' );

UPDATE:

To get it faster:

var projects = {
   jqueryUi : {
      value:  'lol1',
      desc:   'lol2'
   }
};

projects.jqueryUi.desc = 'new string';

(In according to Frédéric's comment you shouldn't use hyphen in the object key, or you should use "jquery-ui" and projects["jquery-ui"] notation.)

Solution 3:

The best solution, thanks to ES6.

This returns a new array with a replaced description for the object that contains a value equal to "jquery-ui".

const newProjects = projects.map(p =>
  p.value === 'jquery-ui'
    ? { ...p, desc: 'new description' }
    : p
);