'Searching through an array

Trying to learn how to think in jq script.

Given this data:

{
   "characters": [
       { "First": "Fred", "Last": "Weasley" },
       { "First": "George", "Last": "Weasley" },
       { "First": "Hermione", "Last": "Granger" },
       { "First": "Ron", "Last": "Weasley" },
       { "First": "Hagrid" },
       { "First": "Draco", "Last": "Malfoy" },
       { "First": "Molly", "Last": "Weasley" },
       { "First": "Voldemort" },
       { "First": "Lucius", "Last": "Malfoy" }
    ]
}

Find all characters with the same last name as "Ron". And no, you don't already know his last name.

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Solution 1:^[1]

You have an array of objects called "characters" each containing a "first" and "last" variable. Now to get the first one. Go characters[0].first which would return. "Fred" Or characters.[3].last would return "Weasley" Note the first entry in array is fetched by index 0. Make sense?

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