Cannot read property 'map' of undefined while converting a list to a dynamic drop down

Question

I am working in converting a list of items into a dynamic dropdown option list but I have a problem.

I checked if the props are coming right and they are.

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Answer 1

Well there are a couple of scenarios that can result in that error.

1) If your this.props.allKeycodes object doesn't have a allKeycodes property inside of it - const {allKeycodes} = this.props.allKeycodes; this will result in undefined, which then result in calling map on that undefined.

2) You can get that error, if you don't have a default value when you are passing props in your component/ or you don't check for undefined value. You can check it inside the function, or when calling the function, but it must not be undefined.

buildSelectOptions = opts => opts && opts.map(....) this code will check if opts isn't falsy and run the next bit of code. Otherwise it will just result in undefined.

UPDATE

buildSelectOptions = (opts) => {
  return opts && opts.map((opt) =>  {opt.uid})
};

OR

buildSelectOptions = (opts) => {
    if(opts) {
      return opts.map((opt) =>  {opt.uid})
    }
};