knockout, whats the best way to find a value in observableArray

knockout-2.0, knockout.js

Solution

Try this, you can use `ko.utils.arrayFirst` function for checking an element with your custom logic..

var name = "Zippy";
var match = ko.utils.arrayFirst(anotherObservableArray(), function(item) {
    return item.name == name;
});

var type;

if(match)
   type = match.type

Problem

I have an observableArray, I have a name "Zippy", I need to check if it is in the array. if this name exists, I need to get its type. how should I do that? ``` // This observable array initially contains three objects var anotherObservableArray = ko.observableArray([ { name: "Bungle", type: "Bear" }, { name: "George", type: "Hippo" }, { name: "Zippy", type: "Unknown" } ]); ```

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