Comparing Arrays of Objects in JavaScript

As serialization doesn’t work generally (only when the order of properties matches: JSON.stringify({a:1,b:2}) !== JSON.stringify({b:2,a:1})) you have to check the count of properties and compare each property as well:

const objectsEqual = (o1, o2) =>
    Object.keys(o1).length === Object.keys(o2).length 
        && Object.keys(o1).every(p => o1[p] === o2[p]);

const obj1 = { name: 'John', age: 33};
const obj2 = { age: 33, name: 'John' };
const obj3 = { name: 'John', age: 45 };
        
console.log(objectsEqual(obj1, obj2)); // true
console.log(objectsEqual(obj1, obj3)); // false

If you need a deep comparison, you can call the function recursively:

const obj1 = { name: 'John', age: 33, info: { married: true, hobbies: ['sport', 'art'] } };
const obj2 = { age: 33, name: 'John', info: { hobbies: ['sport', 'art'], married: true } };
const obj3 = { name: 'John', age: 33 };

const objectsEqual = (o1, o2) => 
    typeof o1 === 'object' && Object.keys(o1).length > 0 
        ? Object.keys(o1).length === Object.keys(o2).length 
            && Object.keys(o1).every(p => objectsEqual(o1[p], o2[p]))
        : o1 === o2;
        
console.log(objectsEqual(obj1, obj2)); // true
console.log(objectsEqual(obj1, obj3)); // false

Then it’s easy to use this function to compare objects in arrays:

const arr1 = [obj1, obj1];
const arr2 = [obj1, obj2];
const arr3 = [obj1, obj3];

const arraysEqual = (a1, a2) => 
   a1.length === a2.length && a1.every((o, idx) => objectsEqual(o, a2[idx]));

console.log(arraysEqual(arr1, arr2)); // true
console.log(arraysEqual(arr1, arr3)); // false

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