I've been using the idx library to safely access chained properties in javascript. Its got me thinking

What does this idx acronym mean?

It's a little ambiguous and would suggest index or internet data exchange. When it returns values or null.

I've been using the idx library to safely access chained properties in javascript. Its got me thinking

What does this idx acronym mean?

It's a little ambiguous and would suggest index or internet data exchange. When it returns values or null.

https://github./facebookincubator/idx

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From the link you provided:

idx is a utility function for traversing properties on objects and arrays.

This implies it is short for index.