replaceById.md

replaceById (source code)

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The replaceById function returns a new array with the item having the specified id replaced by the provided object.

Arguments:

• id: The id of the object to be replaced.
• newItem: The new object to replace.
• entityArray: The array of objects in which the object with given id will be replaced with the given object.

Usage:

const array = [
  { id: 1, name: "Sam" },
  { id: 2, name: "Oliver" },
];
const idOfItemToBeReplaced = 2;
const newItem = { id: 3, name: "John" };

replaceById(idOfItemToBeReplaced, newItem, array);
/*
[{ id: 1, name: "Sam" }, { id: 3, name: "John" }]
*/

See also

• replaceBy