# Filter array with out index
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563
**Category:** General
**Created:** [5 January 2021 05:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563 "2021-01-05T05:07:26Z")
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### Author:  [@Paulf007](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paulf007)
#### Post date: [5 January 2021 05:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563/1 "2021-01-05T05:07:26Z")
I am building a Alarm that monitors all the doors on my property and would like to get a notification at 18H00 to inform me if any of them was left open.
I created a function that monitors the topic's and then sets their status in an array (Using collector)
This is what the Array looks like
```auto
{
Back Door : "OPEN",
Front Door : "CLOSED",
Garage Door : "OPEN"
}
```
How do I create a filter that will list all the Objects in the array that has the value "OPEN"?
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### Author:  [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)
#### Post date: [5 January 2021 05:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563/2 "2021-01-05T05:24:43Z")
Hi,
That is not an Array .. its an Object .. but you can convert its values into an Array with [**Object.values()**](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_objects/Object/values)
and then check if the newly created Array of values includes "OPEN" with `includes()`
[Array.includes()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/includes)
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### Author:  [@JGKK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JGKK)
#### Post date: [5 January 2021 06:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563/3 "2021-01-05T06:00:25Z")
You can also use the [for ... in](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/for...in) method to iterate through an object directly and return if the value is open.
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [5 January 2021 08:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563/4 "2021-01-05T08:32:35Z")
you could return the an array of keys that have the value "OPEN".
```auto
[{"id":"83c682b8.032bc","type":"inject","z":"8d22ae29.7df6d","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"{\"Back Door\":\"OPEN\",\"Front Door\":\"CLOSED\",\"Garage Door\":\"OPEN\"}","payloadType":"json","x":180,"y":2580,"wires":[["467a3774.0b20f8"]]},{"id":"467a3774.0b20f8","type":"change","z":"8d22ae29.7df6d","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"\t$keys(payload.$sift(function($v, $k) {$v = \"OPEN\"}))","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":340,"y":2580,"wires":[["6d57c0db.f2671"]]},{"id":"6d57c0db.f2671","type":"debug","z":"8d22ae29.7df6d","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":650,"y":2480,"wires":[]}]
```
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### Author:  [@Paulf007](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paulf007)
#### Post date: [5 January 2021 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563/5 "2021-01-05T15:50:53Z")
Super thank you so much!! Now I need to go and study the code to understand what it is doing.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [19 January 2021 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-array-with-out-index/38563/6 "2021-01-19T15:50:55Z")
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