How to check if a value exists in an object using JavaScript

Question

I have an object in JavaScript:

var obj = {
   "a": "test1",
   "b": "test2"
}

How do I check that te

Answer 1

I did a test with all these examples, and I ran this in Node.js v8.11.2. Take this as a guide to select your best choice.

let i, tt;
    const obj = { a: 'test1', b: 'test2', c: 'test3', d: 'test4', e: 'test5', f: 'test6' };

console.time("test1")
i = 0;
for( ; i<1000000; i=i+1) {
  if (Object.values(obj).indexOf('test4') > -1) {
    tt = true;
  }
}
console.timeEnd("test1")

console.time("test1.1")
i = 0;
for( ; i<1000000 ; i=i+1) {
  if (~Object.values(obj).indexOf('test4')) {
    tt = true;
  }
}
console.timeEnd("test1.1")

console.time("test2")
i = 0;
for( ; i<1000000; i=i+1) {
  if (Object.values(obj).includes('test4')) {
    tt = true;
  }
}
console.timeEnd("test2")


console.time("test3")
i = 0;
for( ; i<1000000 ; i=i+1) {
  for(const item in obj) {
    if(obj[item] == 'test4') {
      tt = true;
      break;
    }
  }
}
console.timeEnd("test3")

console.time("test3.1")
i = 0;
for( ; i<1000000; i=i+1) {
  for(const [item, value] in obj) {
    if(value == 'test4') {
      tt = true;
      break;
    }
  }
}
console.timeEnd("test3.1")


console.time("test4")
i = 0;
for( ; i<1000000; i=i+1) {
  tt = Object.values(obj).some((val, val2) => {
    return val == "test4"
  });
}
console.timeEnd("test4")

console.time("test5")
i = 0;
for( ; i<1000000; i=i+1) {
  const arr = Object.keys(obj);
  const len = arr.length;
  let i2 = 0;
  for( ; i2<len ; i2=i2+1) {
    if(obj[arr[i2]] == "test4") {
      tt = true;
      break;
    }
  }
}
console.timeEnd("test5")

Output on my server

test1:   272.325 ms
test1.1: 246.316 ms
test2:   251.98 0ms
test3:    73.284 ms
test3.1: 102.029 ms
test4:   339.299 ms
test5:    85.527 ms

Answer 2

You can turn the values of an Object into an array and test that a string is present. It assumes that the Object is not nested and the string is an exact match:

var obj = { a: 'test1', b: 'test2' };
if (Object.values(obj).indexOf('test1') > -1) {
   console.log('has test1');
}

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/values

Answer 3

The simple answer to this is given below.

This is working because every JavaScript type has a “constructor” property on it prototype”.

let array = []
array.constructor === Array
// => true


let data = {}
data.constructor === Object
// => true