Find object in array

Question

I have been spinning my wheels on this for a while now. I have an object array constructed like this :

0: {name: "Coaches", isActive: true, locations: Array(13)}
1: {name: "Directors", isActive: false, locations: Array(13)}
2: {name: "Trainers", isActive: false, locations: Array(5)}

I have a nav menu and when mouse enters gets the text of the line item. Now I am trying to in my array compare that text to the name text so i can build the sub items of locations

        $('.nav ul').hide();
    $('.nav li').mouseenter(function () {                        
        $(this).children('ul').stop().slideDown('slow');
        var text = $(this).find('span').text();
        //console.log(text);

        var item = leftNavData.modules.findIndex(i => i.name.toLowerCase() === "coaches");
        var i = leftNavData.modules.find(x => x.name.toLowerCase() == text.toLowerCase());
        console.log(i);
        console.log(item);

    }).mouseleave(function () {

        $(this).children('ul').stop().slideUp('slow')
    });

The find always returns the same object the first one coaches even if I mouse over other elements.

The text is changing but the find always retuns the first object.

The findIndex is always 0.

I've started here and here

Any Ideas or something that I have missed?

Thanks

You are not calling `toLowerCase`. It lacks parentheses: `toLowerCase()`. — trincot, Jan 30 '19 at 17:37
yea i didnt see that at all but either way now its undefined and -1 still not finding the item — Troy Bryant, Jan 30 '19 at 17:43
Please update your question with a snippet we can run and reproduce the problem with. — trincot, Jan 30 '19 at 17:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '19 at 17:38

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Simple error based on the misunderstanding that .toLowerCase() is a method, not a property.

.toLowerCase()

not

.toLowerCase

answered Jan 30 '19 at 17:38

Mitya

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yea i didnt see that at all but either way now its undefined and -1 still not finding the item – Troy Bryant Jan 30 '19 at 17:43
even though updated still returns the first item in the array no matter what? – Troy Bryant Jan 30 '19 at 18:25

Find object in array

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