614896 - Could Array.some return the matched element instead of true or false?

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, enhancement)

Description

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Sometimes it is needed to find the first element matching a condition in an array, but I don't want to iterate over the whole array. Array.some will be helpful if it returns the matched element or null instead of true or false.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Mike Shaver (:shaver -- probably not reading bugmail closely)]

No, because the thing that "some" is matching could itself be false!

arr = [true, true, true, false];
arr.some(function (v) { return v == false; }) === true;

If you want to capture the value, I would recommend doing this:

var first;
if (arr.some(function (v) { first = v; return condition(v); })) {
  /* do something with first */
}