function findParent(jsonData, targetId) { function findParentChild(data, id, parentClasses, idKey) { for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { const section = data[i]; if (section[idKey] === id) { parentClasses.push(i); // const childClassCount = (section.questions && section.questions.length > 0) ? section.questions.length : 0; return parentClasses.length - 1 } else if (section.questions) { const newParentClasses = parentClasses.slice(); // Create a shallow copy of parentClasses array newParentClasses.push(i); const childClass = findParentChild(section.questions, id, newParentClasses, idKey); if (childClass) { return childClass; // If childClass is found, return it } } } return null; } let result = findParentChild(jsonData.sections, targetId, [], "question_group_id"); return result; }