Fixes #242

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `dotobject` helper returns null when key is not found.
+
 ## [0.1.1] - 2023-08-14
 
 ### Fixed

src/util/common.ts

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ export function formatUnits(value: BigNumberish, decimals: number = 18): string
  */
 export const dotobject = (obj: any, dot: string) => {
   const rec = (obj: any, dot: string[]): any => {
-    if (dot.length && typeof obj[dot[0]] !== 'undefined') {
-      return rec(obj[dot[0]], dot.slice(1));
+    if (dot.length) {
+      return typeof obj[dot[0]] !== 'undefined' ? rec(obj[dot[0]], dot.slice(1)) : null;
     }
     return obj;
   };

test/unit/types/election.test.ts

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ describe('Election tests', () => {
       },
     });
     expect(election.get('census.type')).toEqual('spreadsheet');
+    expect(election.get('census.fields')).toEqual(['firstname', 'lastname', 'email']);
+    expect(election.get('bad')).toBeNull();
+    expect(election.get('bad.bad')).toBeNull();
+    expect(election.get('census.bad')).toBeNull();
     expect(election.electionType).toEqual({
       autoStart: true,
       interruptible: true,