set.md

Object Agent

A javascript library for working with objects

set(object, path, value) ⇒ object

Sets a nested value in an object. Keys in the path that don't exist at any point in the object will be created and added to the object once.

Returns: object - The mutated object.

Param	Type	Description
object	object	The object to mutate.
path	string	Dot delimited string.
value	unknown	The value to set at the end of the path.

Example

import { set } from 'object-agent';

const thing = {
    a: [{
        b: 'c'
    }, {
        b: 'd'
    }]
};

set(thing, 'a.1.b', 'e');
console.log(thing);
// => {
//    a: [{
//        b: 'c'
//    }, {
//        b: 'e'
//    }]
//}