Angular 2: Accessing data from FormArray

Question

I have prepared a from using ReactiveForms provided by angular2/forms. This form has a form array products:

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Answer 1

While casting the AbstractControl to a FormArray before using the at() method is a way of doing it, I haven't seen anybody pointing out that you can also do it using the get() method, which requires no casting.

According to Angular's Documentation, the signature of get() is :
get(path: string | (string | number)[]): AbstractControl | null

Which means you can also access FormArray's controls with it.

Example :

const formGroup = new FormGroup({
  list: new FormArray([
    new FormControl('first'),
    new FormControl('second'),
  ]),
});

const firstValue = formGroup.get('list.0').value; // Returns 'first'
const secondValue = formGroup.get('list.1').value; // Returns 'second'

This is really useful, when you want to bind a FormControl in the HTML, where you can't cast anything :

<input [formControl]="formGroup.get('list.0')">

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Here is a summary of ways of doing it :

const firstControl = listControl.get('list.0');

const firstControl = listControl.get(['list', 0]);

const firstControl = listControl.get('list').get('0'); // You need a string and not a number

const listControl = formGroup.get('list') as FormArray;
const firstControl = listControl.at(0);

Answer 2

// in .ts component file //

getName(i) {
    return this.getControls()[i].value.name;
  }

  getControls() {
    return (<FormArray>this.categoryForm.get('categories')).controls;
  }

// in reactive form - Template file //

<mat-tab-group formArrayName="categories" class="uk-width-2-3" [selectedIndex]="getControls().length">
      <mat-tab
        *ngFor="let categoryCtrl of getControls(); let i = index"
        [formGroupName]="i"
        [label]="getName(i)? getName(i) : 'جديد'"
      >
</mat-tab>
</mat-tab-group>

Answer 3

Just cast that control to array

var arrayControl = this.checkoutFormGroup.get('products') as FormArray;

and all its features are there

var item = arrayControl.at(index);

Answer 4

One liner as an option to the current accepted answer

var item = (<FormArray>this.checkoutFormGroup.get('products')).at(index);