Mapping through Array with JSX

Question

I am trying to map through a nested Array using JSX.

Here is the Array:

    this.topics = [

        {
            id: 1,
            name: 'first',
            headings : [
                {
                    id: 1,
                    url: 'https://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4',
                    name: 'Sintel movie'
                },
                {
                    id: 2,
                    url: 'https://media.w3.org/2010/05/bunny/movie.mp4',
                    name: 'Bunny Movie'
                },
                {
                    id: 3,
                    url: 'https://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4',
                    name: 'Test page'
                }
            ]
        },

        {
            id: 2,
            name: 'second',
            headings : [
                {
                    id: 1,
                    url: 'https://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4',
                    name: 'Siddntel movie'
                },
                {
                    id: 2,
                    url: 'https://media.w3.org/2010/05/bunny/movie.mp4',
                    name: 'Bunnddy Movie'
                },
                {
                    id: 3,
                    url: 'https://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4',
                    name: 'Test ddpage'
                }
            ]
        }
    ];

And the JSX code that I have come up with so far:

  renderSidenav(){
      return(
          <Nav>
              {this.topics.map(topic =>
                  <Dropdown eventKey="3" title="s" icon={<Icon icon="magic" />}>
                      {this.topics[topic].headings.map(heading =>
                          <div onClick = {() => this.handleSelect(heading.id)} key={heading.id}>
                              <Dropdown.Item style={{backgroundColor: '#E9F4E4'}} icon={<Icon icon="dashboard"/>}>
                                  <div>{heading.name}</div>
                              </Dropdown.Item>
                              <Dropdown.Item divider style={{backgroundColor: 'white', height: '2px'}}/>
                          </div>
                    )}
                  </Dropdown>
                )}
         </Nav>
      )
  }

And this is the error I get:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'headings' of undefined

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Instead of this.topics[topic].headings.map(...) use topic.headings.map(...)

This is because .map() returns an object, and trying to use it as an index via topics[topic] will give you undefined.

Answer 2

Just do topic.headings.map instead of this.topics[topic].headings.map.

Map function returns the item, not the position/index in the array, therefore you can call it directly from topic.