unexpected use of comma using map on a object

Since you're not transforming the array, you could just use forEach() instead of map() . If you insist on making it into a one-liner, and don't want to violate the no-sequences rule: myApp.fields.forEach(field => {field.obj.label = field.label.default; field.label.textContent = field.obj.label}); More readable: myApp.fields.forEach((field) => { field.obj.label = field.label.default; field.label.textContent = field.obj.label; });