Simple function for retrieving deep object properties without getting "Cannot read property 'X' of undefined"
Can also be used to safely set deep values.
```js var object = { a: { b: { c: 1, d: [1,2,3], e: 'remy' } } };
console.log(undefsafe(object, 'a.b.e')); // "remy" console.log(undefsafe(object, 'a.b.not.found')); // undefined ```
Demo: https://jsbin.com/eroqame/3/edit?js,console
```js var object = { a: { b: [1,2,3] } };
// modified object var res = undefsafe(object, 'a.b.0', 10);
console.log(object); // { a: { b: [10, 2, 3] } } console.log(res); // 1 - previous value ```
As of 1.2.0, undefsafe
supports a *
in the path if you want to search all of the properties (or array elements) for a particular element.
The function will only return a single result, either the 3rd argument validation value, or the first positive match. For example, the following github data:
```js const githubData = { commits: [{ modified: [ "one", "two" ] }, / ... / ] };
// first modified file found in the first commit console.log(undefsafe(githubData, 'commits.*.modified.0'));
// returns two
or undefined if not found
console.log(undefsafe(githubData, 'commits..modified.', 'two'));
```