Find an element in an array recursively

Question

I have an array of objects. Every object in the array has an id and an item property that is an array containing other object. I need to be able to find an element in an arr

Answer 1

I know its late but here is a more generic approach

Array.prototype.findRecursive = function(predicate, childrenPropertyName){
    if(!childrenPropertyName){
        throw "findRecursive requires parameter `childrenPropertyName`";
    }
    let array = [];
    array = this;
    let initialFind =  array.find(predicate);
    let elementsWithChildren  = array.filter(x=>x[childrenPropertyName]);
    if(initialFind){
        return initialFind;
    }else if(elementsWithChildren.length){
        let childElements = [];
        elementsWithChildren.forEach(x=>{
            childElements.push(...x[childrenPropertyName]);
        });
        return childElements.findRecursive(predicate, childrenPropertyName);
    }else{
        return undefined;
    }
}

to use it:

var array = [];
var joe = array.findRecursive(x=>x.Name=="Joe", "students");

and if you want filter instead of find

Array.prototype.filterRecursive = function(predicate, childProperty){
    let filterResults = [];
    let filterAndPushResults = (arrayToFilter)=>{
        let elementsWithChildren  = arrayToFilter.filter(x=>x[childProperty]);
        let filtered = arrayToFilter.filter(predicate);
        filterResults.push(...filtered);
        if(elementsWithChildren.length){
            let childElements = [];
            elementsWithChildren.forEach(x=>{
                childElements.push(...x[childProperty]);
            });
            filterAndPushResults(childElements);
        }
    };
    filterAndPushResults(this);
    return filterResults;
}