javascriptarraysjsonobjectis-empty

How to check if object is empty in javascript for all levels in object

I wanted to find out if my object is empty or not for all its nested objects and key-value pairs.

for e.g.,

const x = {
  a:"",
  b:[],
  c:{
    x:[]
  },
  d:{
    x:{
      y:{
        z:""
      }
    }
  }
};

this should be an empty object and if any of this contains single value then it should be non empty.

Solution

  • Here is the way to do what using recursion

    const x = {
  a:"",
  b:[],
  c:{
    x:[]
  },
  d:{
    x:{
      y:{
        z:''
      }
    }
  }
};
function checkEmpty(obj){
  
  for(let key in obj){
    //if the value is 'object'
    if(obj[key] instanceof Object === true){
      if(checkEmpty(obj[key]) === false) return false;
    }
    //if value is string/number
    else{
      //if array or string have length is not 0.
      if(obj[key].length !== 0) return false;
    }
  }
  return true;
}
console.log(checkEmpty(x))
x.d.x.y.z = 0;
console.log(checkEmpty(x));