Compare a String to a Key in a JavaScript Object

Question

How do I compare a string to a JavaScript object's key? For example, here is a string and a JavaScript object. I want to compare the string (in this case, the value of myString is "Item1") to a key in this JavaScript object (in this case, the keys are Item1 and Item2):

var myString = "Item1";

var jsObject = 
{
    Item1:
    {
        "apples": "red",
        "oranges": "orange",
    },
    Item2:
    {
        "bananas": "yellow",
        "pears": "green"
    }
};

If I create a 'for' loop and run the contents of object through the loop, I want to compare the keys in this object to a string.

for (var x = 0; x < Object.keys(jsObject).length; x++)
{
    if (myString == /* What do I put here to compare to grab Item1 or Item2? */)
    {
        // Do stuff
    }
}

Answer 1

var myString = "Item1";

var jsObject = 
{
    Item1:
    {
        "apples": "red",
        "oranges": "orange",
    },
    Item2:
    {
        "bananas": "yellow",
        "pears": "green"
    }
};

var keys = Object.keys(jsObject); //get keys from object as an array

keys.forEach(function(key) { //loop through keys array
  console.log(key, key == myString)
});

You could use a for loop, but you'd have to store the array of keys somewhere.

var myString = "Item1";

var jsObject = 
{
    Item1:
    {
        "apples": "red",
        "oranges": "orange",
    },
    Item2:
    {
        "bananas": "yellow",
        "pears": "green"
    }
};

var keys = Object.keys(jsObject);

for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
  if (myString == keys[i])
    console.log('match: ', keys[i])
}

Optionally, you can use for..in to get the keys as well.

var myString = "Item1";

var jsObject = 
{
    Item1:
    {
        "apples": "red",
        "oranges": "orange",
    },
    Item2:
    {
        "bananas": "yellow",
        "pears": "green"
    }
};

for (var key in jsObject) {
  console.log(key, key == myString)  
}