Optional chaining is at stage 3 ππ. This one is my favourite. Soon will be available in TypeScript.
Optional Chaining for JavaScript
Status
ECMAScript proposal at stage 4 of the process.
Authors
- Claude Pache (github)
- Gabriel Isenberg (github, twitter)
- Daniel Rosenwasser (github, twitter)
- Dustin Savery (github, twitter)
Overview and motivation
When looking for a property value that's deep in a tree-like structure, one often has to check whether intermediate nodes exist:
var street = user.address && user.address.street;
Also, many API return either an object or null/undefined, and one may want to extract a property from the result only when it is not null:
var fooInput = myForm.querySelector('input[name=foo]')
var fooValue = fooInput ? fooInput.value : undefined
The Optional Chaining Operator allows a developer to handle many of those cases without repeating themselves and/or assigning intermediate results in temporary variables:
var street = user.
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Top comments (4)
Definitely one of the things I miss most from c# when I am using JavaScript. I'm glad to see it is making it into the language.
This is definitively one of my most awaited features! Tons of checks will blow away!!
Finally, the Elvis operator is entering the building!
I was so jealous of our iOS developers when I first saw them using optional chaining in Swift. And finally we'll be blessed with this feature. ππ