How to access an object value in TypeScript using string index

Question

I have an object and I want to access the object value using a string index, but when I try to do that in TypeScript, I'm getting errors.

// Declared Globally
const Orientation = {
    value: () => 0,
    'next_value': () => someFunction.anotherFunction.sqrt(),
};

// _textValue type declared 
_textValue : string;

// Declared inside constructor
this._textValue = 'next_value';

// value used inside a function
_getValue(){
    const newValue = Orientation[this._textValue]();
 }

And where I use Orientation[this._textValue]();, I'm getting the error as:

Element implicitly has an 'any' type because expression of type 'any' can't be used to index type '{ value: () => number; 'next_value': () => number; }'.ts(7053)

Any idea on how to resolve this?

I think you can extend interface to be able to index using string like; interface A { [b: string]: string } You can look over to this playground — Dipesh Dulal
– Dipesh Dulal, Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 5:49
check here; typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/interfaces.html and search for index signatures — Dipesh Dulal
– Dipesh Dulal, Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 5:57
Does this answer your question? TypeScript Index Signature of object type implicitly has type any — cherryblossom
– cherryblossom, Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 5:59
Also, if you know _textValue will always be a key of Orientation you can use _textValue: keyof typeof Orientation. — cherryblossom
– cherryblossom, Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 6:00

Bhavesh Ajani · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-29 06:08:48Z

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main.ts

export {}

interface IDictionary {
    [index: string]: string;
}
var params = {} as IDictionary;

//array with string index 
params = {a: "Bhavesh",b: "Bond", c: "Urmil"};

//get array data using string index
var getData = params['b']; // output: Bond
var getData = params['B']; // output: undefined

console.log(getData);

I think your problem will be solved in the above example code. thank you..!

answered Apr 29, 2020 at 6:08

Bhavesh Ajani

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Aluan Haddad Over a year ago

Very nice. You can also write var params: IDictionary = {}; which is cleaner as no assertion is actually necessary here.

Alex Garcia · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-06 19:17:36Z

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This is the first link google shows me for this problem. The easiest way i found is converting the object to any first:

const newValue = (Orientation as any)[this._textValue]();

And that's pretty much it.

answered Sep 6, 2023 at 19:17

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