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JavaScript

var savedViews = [{
    description: 'object1',
    id: 1
}, {
    description: 'object2',
    id: 2
},{
    description: 'object3',
    id: 3

},{
    description: 'object4',
    id: 4
}]

var view = 'object2';
var delete_id = savedViews.filter(function (el) {
    return el.description === view;
})[0].id;
console.log(delete_id)