JavaScript, elegant way to check nested object properties for null/undefined [duplicate]

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You can use an utility function like this:

get = function(obj, key) {
    return key.split(".").reduce(function(o, x) {
        return (typeof o == "undefined" || o === null) ? o : o[x];
    }, obj);
}

Usage:

 get(user, 'loc.lat')     // 50
 get(user, 'loc.foo.bar') // undefined

Or, to check only if a property exists, without getting its value:

has = function(obj, key) {
    return key.split(".").every(function(x) {
        if(typeof obj != "object" || obj === null || ! x in obj)
            return false;
        obj = obj[x];
        return true;
    });
}

if(has(user, 'loc.lat')) ...

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