Safeget

sget = function(instance, path) {
    var isNullOrUndef = function(val) {
      return val === undefined || val === null;
    };
    var findArrayOperator = /([^\[]*)\[([0-9]*)\]/;
    //Get the child or get the element in the array if '[]' is present
    function getValue(parent, childProperty) {
      const matches = findArrayOperator.exec(childProperty);
      if (matches) {
        // The path includes accessing an element in an array
        const name = matches[1];
        const arrayIndex = matches[2];
        if (!isNullOrUndef(parent[name])) {
          return parent[name][arrayIndex];
        } else {
          return undefined;
        }
      } else {
        return parent[childProperty];
      }
    }
    return path.split('.').reduce(function(p, c) {
      return !isNullOrUndef(p) ? getValue(p, c) : undefined;
    }, instance);
  };
  sget(this.state.testa, 'a[0].b')