some-common-functions-js 1.1.9 → 1.2.1

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -68,4 +68,10 @@ Changed an additional recursive function to an iterative function.
 
 ## Version 1.1.9 - 2026/01/03 - ITA
 - During object assignment, deepClone() function uses object spread to remove references to the original object.
-- get() function replaces falsy-value evaluation (!obj) with 'in' operator for field existence checks. Because the falsy-value evaluation also evaluates to true with existent fields with values that are empty strings or null, which is not desirable.
+- get() function replaces falsy-value evaluation (!obj) with 'in' operator for field existence checks. Because the falsy-value evaluation also evaluates to true with existent fields with values that are empty strings or null, which is not desirable.
+
+## Version 1.2.0 - 2026/01/10 to 2026/01/10 - ITA
+get() and unset() functions: for field existence checks, switched from the use of 'in' operator to checking whether the field value is undefined. This prevents from crashes when a non-existent field value is encountered.
+
+## Version 1.2.1 - 2026/01/10 to 2026/01/10 - ITA
+Added more robustness in dealing with non-existent fields in the get() and unset() functions.

package/index.js

@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 /** File: ./backend/utilityFunctions/commonFunctions.js
  * Description: Common functions to be put here.
- * Date        Dev   Version  Description
- * 2025/11/19  ITA   1.00     Genesis.
- * 2025/11/28  ITA   1.01     Added function hasOnlyAll().
- * 2025/12/22  ITA   1.02     Improved documentation of the functions and moved in more functions.
- * 2025/12/26  ITA   1.03     Removed lodash dependency by re-implementing get() and set() object functions, significantly reducing this package size.
- *                            Added function getNextDifferent() to deal better with duplicate removal from arrays of objects.
- * 2025/12/27  ITA   1.04     Improved the functions getNoDuplicatesArray() and getNextDifferent() to handle more test cases.
- *                            Added function unset().
- * 2025/12/28  ITA   1.05     Improved documentation of functions to show better on the tooltip in IDEs.
- *                            Improved deepClone() function to handle Date objects and arrays.
- *                            Updated get() function to return undefined or supplied default value for paths that do not exist.
- *                            Updated test.js file accordingly.
- * 2025/12/29 ITA   1.06      Removed unnecessary use of the getPaths() function in the get() function to improve effieciency.
- * 2026/01/01 ITA   1.07      Changed recursive functions to iterative functions, so as to overcome stack limits when functions are used in the front-end (browsers).
- * 2026/01/01 ITA   1.08      Changed an additional recursive function to an iterative function.
- * 2026/01/03 ITA   1.09      deepClone(): Used object spread to prevent reference sharing during object assignment.
- *                            unset(): Replaced falsy-value evaluation with the `in` operator to correctly detect existing fields.
+ * Start Date  End Date        Dev   Version  Description
+ * 2025/11/19                  ITA   1.00     Genesis.
+ * 2025/11/28                  ITA   1.01     Added function hasOnlyAll().
+ * 2025/12/22                  ITA   1.02     Improved documentation of the functions and moved in more functions.
+ * 2025/12/26                  ITA   1.03     Removed lodash dependency by re-implementing get() and set() object functions, significantly reducing this package size.
+ *                                            Added function getNextDifferent() to deal better with duplicate removal from arrays of objects.
+ * 2025/12/27                  ITA   1.04     Improved the functions getNoDuplicatesArray() and getNextDifferent() to handle more test cases.
+ *                                            Added function unset().
+ * 2025/12/28                  ITA   1.05     Improved documentation of functions to show better on the tooltip in IDEs.
+ *                                            Improved deepClone() function to handle Date objects and arrays.
+ *                                            Updated get() function to return undefined or supplied default value for paths that do not exist.
+ *                                            Updated test.js file accordingly.
+ * 2025/12/29                 ITA   1.06      Removed unnecessary use of the getPaths() function in the get() function to improve effieciency.
+ * 2026/01/01                 ITA   1.07      Changed recursive functions to iterative functions, so as to overcome stack limits when functions are used in the front-end (browsers).
+ * 2026/01/01                 ITA   1.08      Changed an additional recursive function to an iterative function.
+ * 2026/01/03                 ITA   1.09      deepClone(): Used object spread to prevent reference sharing during object assignment.
+ *                                            unset(): Replaced falsy-value evaluation with the `in` operator to correctly detect existing fields.
+ * 2026/01/10 2026/10/10      ITA   1.10      get() and unset() functions: For field existence check, replaced the use of 'in' operator with checking whether the field value of the object is undefined.
+ *                                            This prevents crashes resulting from using 'in' operator on undefined fields and objects.
+ * 2026/01/10 2026/10/10      ITA   1.11      Added more robustness in dealing with non-existent fields in get() and unset() functions.
 
 */
 
@@ -288,10 +291,12 @@ function get(anObject, path, defaultVal = undefined) {
     let tempObj = anObject;
     for (let idx in paths) {
         let key = paths[idx];
-        if (!(key in tempObj)) // key not found.
+        if (tempObj[key] === undefined) // key not found.
             return defaultVal;
 
         tempObj = tempObj[key];
+        if (tempObj === undefined)
+            return defaultVal;        
     }
     return tempObj;
 }
@@ -329,7 +334,9 @@ function unset(anObject, path) {
     let tempObj = anObject;
     for (let idx in paths) {
         let key = paths[idx];
-        if (!(key in tempObj))
+        if (Object.prototype.toString.call(tempObj) !== '[object Object]')
+            return;
+        if (tempObj[key] === undefined)
             return;
         if (idx < paths.length - 1)
             tempObj = tempObj[key];

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "some-common-functions-js",
-  "version": "1.1.9",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "description": "Common functions used with Javascript objects, and field validation functions.",
   "keywords": [
     "validation",