Lodash _.prototype.chain() Method

Lodash is a JavaScript library that works on the top of underscore.js. Lodash helps in working with arrays, strings, objects, numbers, etc.

The _.prototype.chain() method of Sequence in lodash is used to create an instance of lodash wrapper accompanied by explicit method chain sequences enabled.

Syntax:

_.prototype.chain()

Parameters: This method doesn’t accept any parameter.

Return Value: This method returns the new lodash wrapper instance.

Example 1:

Javascript

// Requiring lodash library
const _ = require('lodash');

// Initializing authors variable
var authors = [
  { 'author': 'Nidhi', 'articles': 750 },
  { 'author': 'Nisha', 'articles': 500 }
];

// Calling chain() method and creating
// an explicit chaining sequence
let result = _(authors).chain()
                       .tail()
                       .value();

// Displays output
console.log(result);

Output:

[ { author: 'Nisha', articles: 500 } ]

Example 2:

Javascript

// Requiring lodash library
const _ = require('lodash');

// Initializing authors variable
var authors = [
  { 'author': 'Nidhi', 'articles': 750 },
  { 'author': 'Nisha', 'articles': 500 }
];

// Calling chain() method and creating
// an explicit chaining sequence
let result = _(authors).chain()
                       .head()
                       .pick('articles')
                       .value();

// Displays output
console.log(result);

Output:

{ articles: 750 }

Example 3:

Javascript

// Requiring lodash library
const _ = require('lodash');

// Calling chain() method and creating
// an explicit chaining sequence
let obj = _("GeeksforGeeks").chain().value();

// Displays output
console.log(obj[0]);
console.log(obj[4]);
console.log(obj[7]);
console.log(obj[11]);

Output:

G
s
r
k

Reference: https://lodash.com/docs/4.17.15#prototype-chain