Underscore.JS - property method

Syntax

_.property(path)

property method returns a function which will return the specified property of an object. We can pass nested properties as well. See the below example −

Example

var _ = require('underscore');

var student = {name: 'Sam', age: 10, class : {section : 'B'} }

// Example 1: Get name of student
var getName = _.property('name');
console.log(getName(student));

// Example 2: Get section of student
var getSection = _.property(['class', 'section'])
console.log(getSection(student));

Save the above program in tester.js. Run the following command to execute this program.

Command

\>node tester.js

Output

Sam
B