deepMatch(object, example)
All properties and nested objects mentioned in the example
are required to be
present in object
.
// two objects that look exactly the same
deepMatch({ a: 1, b: 2 } }, { a: 1, b: 2 }); // true
// additional properties on the left-hand side are ignored
deepMatch({ a: 1, b: 2 } }, { a: 1 }); // true
// everything on the right-hand side is required
deepMatch({ a: 1 } }, { a: 1, b: 2 }); // false
// same for arrays
deepMatch([1, 2, 3], [1, 2]); // true
deepMatch([1, 2, 3], [3, 4]); // false
Regular expressions and functions in the example
are run against the corresponding values in the object
:
deepMatch('aaa', /a+/); // true
deepMatch('bbb', /a+/); // false
deepMatch(['aaa', 'bbb'], [/a+/]); // true
deepMatch(['aaa', 'bbb'], [/a+/, /b+/]); // true
deepMatch(['aaa', 'ccc'], [/a+/, /b+/]); // false
deepMatch([1, 2, 3], [v => v === 1]); // true
When matching arrays order of items do not matters by default. To change it you can use additional parameter:
let opts = { arrayOrderMatters: true };
deepMatch([1, 2], [1, 2], opts); // true
deepMatch([1, 2], [2, 1], opts); // false
deepMatch([1, 2], [ 2], opts); // false
// disable checks for undefined items
// [,2] is the same as [undefined, 2]
deepMatch([1, 2], [ , 2], opts); // true
// arrayOrderMatters applies also to nested arrays:
source = { a1: [ {i1: []}, {i2: [1, 2, [31, 32, 33], 4, 5]} ]};
matcher = { a1: [ {i1: []}, {i2: [1, undefined, [32, 33 ], , 5]} ]};
deepMatch(source, matcher, opts); // false
deepMatch(source, matcher); // false
// Note that in case of arrayOrderMatters=false undefined is not skipped
source = { a1: [ {i1: []}, {i2: [1, 2, [31, 32, 33], 4, 5]} ]};
matcher = { a1: [ {i1: []}, {i2: [1, undefined, [31, undefined, 33], , 5]} ]};
deepMatch(source, matcher, opts); // true
deepMatch(source, matcher); // false
Values are compared according to the following rules:
- Identical values always match.
- Values of different types never match.
- Values that are no objects only match if they are identical (see above).
- Null values (which are also objects) only match if both are null.
- Arrays match if all items in the example match (note different behavior for option
arrayOrderMatters
). - When
arrayOrderMatters=true
value ofundefined
matchers are skipped. - When
arrayOrderMatters=false
(default behavior) value ofundefined
matchers are NOT skipped. - Objects match if all properties in the example match.
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