Backbone.JS FindWhere() collection

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The Backbone.JS FindWhere() collection method is used to get the first model that matches the specified attribute in the collection.

Syntax: 

Collection.FindWhere ( attribute )

Parameters:
attribute: This parameter is used to specify the attribute of a model in a collection.

Example: 

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>
<head>  
<title>Example</title>  
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.2/underscore-min.js" 
type="text/javascript"></script>  
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js" 
type="text/javascript"></script>  
</head>  
<body>  
<script type="text/javascript">  
var X = Backbone.Model.extend({  
defaults: {   
name: "", 
id:""
}  
});   
var Coll = Backbone.Collection.extend({  
model: X    
});  
$(function(){  
var names = new Coll();   
names.set([
{name: "Joy", id: 10},  
{name: "Happy", id: 10},  
{name: "Smiley", id: 20}    ]);  
var Y = names.findWhere({id:10});   
document.write("The values of matched attribute are: ",JSON.stringify(Y));  
});  
</script>  
</body>  
</html>

Output: 

The values of matched attribute are: {"name":"Happy","id":10}

Explanation:
In the above example, the FindWhere() method returns the first matched model for the “id: 10” in the collection.