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What is the best way to access key/values of a object array when I don't know them?

I have this array above and I need every property of it
let arr = [{'John': 0}, {'Doe': 50}, {'Marry': 100}]
How could I extract every single key/value of it, once in theory, I don't know any of them?
I have already tried using object.keys but it returns the indexes of my array.

This should work
const arr = [{'John': 0}, {'Doe': 50}, {'Marry': 100}];
// to iterate over each element in the arry
arr.forEach(a => {
// To Iterate over each key in the element object
Object.keys(a).forEach(k => {
// to print the value of the 'k' key
console.log(k + ' : ' + a[k]);
})
})

1) You can use flatMap and Object.keys to get keys from an array of objects.
let arr = [{ John: 0 }, { Doe: 50 }, { Marry: 100 }];
const result = arr.flatMap((o) => Object.keys(o));
console.log(result);
2) To find all values in an array
let arr = [{ John: 0 }, { Doe: 50 }, { Marry: 100 }];
const values = arr.flatMap((o) => Object.values(o));
console.log(values);
3) If you want to find out all keys and values in an object
let arr = [{ John: 0 }, { Doe: 50 }, { Marry: 100 }];
const result = {
keys: [],
values: [],
};
for (let obj of arr) {
Object.entries(obj).map(([k, v]) => {
result.keys.push(k);
result.values.push(v);
});
}
console.log(result);

If you want to collect all the keys and values of a nested array of objects, you can use Array.prototype.reduce and then collect the keys and values of the nested objects in separate nested arrays, using Object.keys() and Object.values() respectively:
const arr = [{'John': 0}, {'Doe': 50}, {'Marry': 100}];
const allKeysAndValues = arr.reduce((acc, cur) => {
acc.keys.push(...Object.keys(cur));
acc.values.push(...Object.values(cur));
return acc;
}, { keys: [], values: [] });
console.log(allKeysAndValues);

A one liner could be
let arr = [{'John': 0}, {'Doe': 50}, {'Marry': 100}]
console.log( arr.map( obj => Object.entries(obj)));

Sort an object by key names specified in an array

I have an object with simple key value pairs and an array with just key names. I would like to sort the objects keys by the order of the keys in the array.
A simplified example:
const obj = {
"bread": 11,
"butter": 6,
"milk": 40,
}
const orderedKeys = ["milk", "butter", "bread"]
const expectedResult = {
"milk": 40,
"butter": 6,
"bread": 11,
}
In this example I know the amount of keys in both the array and the object, however in reality I don't know the amount and in reality the object can also have more keys than specified in the array. In this case I just want the unknown keys at the end of the object.
What would be the cleanest way to solve this problem?

You can take advantage of Array.prototype.reduce which allow to perform different manipulation on array and return another kind of object or array
const obj = {
"bread": 11,
"butter": 6,
"milk": 40,
}
const orderedKeys = ["milk", "butter", "bread"]
const expectedResult = orderedKeys.reduce((accumulator, current) => {
return {...accumulator, [current]: obj[current]};
}, {})
console.log(expectedResult);
If you want to add key which aren't present in the orderedKey but are present inside of the obj you can perform it like this
const obj = {
"bread": 11,
"butter": 6,
"milk": 40,
"cheese": 5
}
const orderedKeys = ["milk", "butter", "bread"]
let expectedResult = orderedKeys.reduce((accumulator, current) => {
return {...accumulator, [current]: obj[current]};
}, {});
expectedResult = Object.assign({}, expectedResult, obj);
console.log(expectedResult);

The simplest way is probably this:
map the ordered keys to [key, value] tuples
Reconstruct the object from those using Object.fromEntries
...spread the remaining object properties
const obj = {
unknown: 15,
bread: 11,
butter: 6,
milk: 40,
}
const orderedKeys = ['milk', 'butter', 'bread']
const orderedObj = {
...Object.fromEntries(orderedKeys.map(k => [k, obj[k]])),
...obj,
}
console.log(orderedObj)
However, relying on the order of keys in an object is generally a bad idea, because JavaScript objects are typically considered to be unordered ({ a: 1, b: 2 } is usually considered equivalent to { b: 2, a: 1 }). Whether or not they're ordered in practice depends somewhat on implementation. For this reason, and depending on your use case, you could consider using a Map instead:
new Map(orderedObj)

How to convert an array and an object to enable one-to-one correspondence?

For example I have an Array var array = [1001, 1002, 1003]
And I want to convert this array to an Object like
var obj = {
a: 1001,
b: 1002,
c: 1003
}
I think the easiest way is to do like
obj.a = array[0]
obj.b = array[1]
obj.c = array[2]
However is there have any good ways to do this job and without using for cycle?(because i think if array.length < 5, use obj.x = array[y] will be more efficient?)
And I aslo want to know how to change the obj to a new empty array like?
// first get this obj
var obj = {
a: 1001,
b: 1002,
c: 1003
}
// and then create this new array
var newArray = []
for(let i in obj) {
newArray.push(obj[i])
}
console.log(newArray) // [1001, 1002, 1003]
Does es6 have a good ways to solve this convert from each other ?

You can use Array.prototype.reduce
let array = [1001, 1002, 1003]
let obj = array.reduce((acc, curr, idx) => {
acc[`id${idx + 1}`] = curr;
return acc;
}, {})
console.log(obj)
// if you want the original array back you can use Object.values
console.log(Object.values(obj))

You can use Object.Entries (it is not necessary but it is a cool way and more readable when you want to convert array to object) with Reduce method:
const array = [1001, 1002, 1003];
const result = Object.fromEntries(array.reduce((m,n,i)=>[...m, [`id${++i}`, n]], []));
console.log({array, result});

Convert object key to array with values number of key with Lodash [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
How to produce an array from an object where the number of elements is determined by Object.values?
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Closed 3 years ago.
I have an object with products:
products: {
bread: 1,
milk: 2,
cheese: 2,
chicken: 1,
}
I would like to have an array with the name of products like this:
products: ['bread', 'milk', 'milk', 'cheese', 'cheese', 'chicken']
I was trying to use lodash with reduce method but I don't know how to "multiply" this product in array.
I think this is not a good idea:
_.reduce(products, (result, value, key) => {
for(let i = 0; i < value; i++) {
result.push(key);
}
return result;
}, [])
So if anyone could help, I will be grateful.

You could use flatMap over the entries of the object
const products = {
bread: 1,
milk: 2,
cheese: 2,
chicken: 1,
}
const output = Object.entries(products).flatMap(([k, v]) => Array(v).fill(k))
console.log(output)

With lodash you can iterate the array with _.flatMap(). Create the the callback using _.overArgs() that will pass the value (via _.identity()) and the key (wrapped with _.constant()) to _.times():
const obj = {
products: {
bread: 1,
milk: 2,
cheese: 2,
chicken: 1,
}
}
const result = _.flatMap(obj.products, _.overArgs(_.times, [_.identity, _.constant]))
console.log(result)
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How to convert an Object {} to an Array [] of key-value pairs in JavaScript

I want to convert an object like this:
{"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0}
into an array of key-value pairs like this:
[[1,5],[2,7],[3,0],[4,0]...].
How can I convert an Object to an Array of key-value pairs in JavaScript?

You can use Object.keys() and map() to do this
var obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0}
var result = Object.keys(obj).map((key) => [Number(key), obj[key]]);
console.log(result);

The best way is to do:
var obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0}
var result = Object.entries(obj);
console.log(result);
Calling entries, as shown here, will return [key, value] pairs, as the caller requested.
Alternatively, you could call Object.values(obj), which would return only values.

Object.entries() returns an array whose elements are arrays corresponding to the enumerable property [key, value] pairs found directly upon object. The ordering of the properties is the same as that given by looping over the property values of the object manually.
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/entries#Description
The Object.entries function returns almost the exact output you're asking for, except the keys are strings instead of numbers.
const obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0};
console.log(Object.entries(obj));
If you need the keys to be numbers, you could map the result to a new array with a callback function that replaces the key in each pair with a number coerced from it.
const obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0};
const toNumericPairs = input => {
const entries = Object.entries(input);
return entries.map(entry => Object.assign(entry, { 0: +entry[0] }));
}
console.log(toNumericPairs(obj));
I use an arrow function and Object.assign for the map callback in the example above so that I can keep it in one instruction by leveraging the fact that Object.assign returns the object being assigned to, and a single instruction arrow function's return value is the result of the instruction.
This is equivalent to:
entry => {
entry[0] = +entry[0];
return entry;
}
As mentioned by #TravisClarke in the comments, the map function could be shortened to:
entry => [ +entry[0], entry[1] ]
However, that would create a new array for each key-value pair, instead of modifying the existing array in place, hence doubling the amount of key-value pair arrays created. While the original entries array is still accessible, it and its entries will not be garbage collected.
Now, even though using our in-place method still uses two arrays that hold the key-value pairs (the input and the output arrays), the total number of arrays only changes by one. The input and output arrays aren't actually filled with arrays, but rather references to arrays and those references take up a negligible amount of space in memory.
Modifying each key-value pair in-place results in a negligible amount of memory growth, but requires typing a few more characters.
Creating a new array for each key-value pair results in doubling the amount of memory required, but requires typing a few less characters.
You could go one step further and eliminate growth altogether by modifying the entries array in-place instead of mapping it to a new array:
const obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0};
const toNumericPairs = input => {
const entries = Object.entries(obj);
entries.forEach(entry => entry[0] = +entry[0]);
return entries;
}
console.log(toNumericPairs(obj));

To recap some of these answers now on 2018, where ES6 is the standard.
Starting with the object:
let const={"1":9,"2":8,"3":7,"4":6,"5":5,"6":4,"7":3,"8":2,"9":1,"10":0,"12":5};
Just blindly getting the values on an array, do not care of the keys:
const obj={"1":9,"2":8,"3":7,"4":6,"5":5,"6":4,"7":3,"8":2,"9":1,"10":0,"12":5};
console.log(Object.values(obj));
//[9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,5]
Simple getting the pairs on an array:
const obj={"1":9,"2":8,"3":7,"4":6,"5":5,"6":4,"7":3,"8":2,"9":1,"10":0,"12":5};
console.log(Object.entries(obj));
//[["1",9],["2",8],["3",7],["4",6],["5",5],["6",4],["7",3],["8",2],["9",1],["10",0],["12",5]]
Same as previous, but with numeric keys on each pair:
const obj={"1":9,"2":8,"3":7,"4":6,"5":5,"6":4,"7":3,"8":2,"9":1,"10":0,"12":5};
console.log(Object.entries(obj).map(([k,v])=>[+k,v]));
//[[1,9],[2,8],[3,7],[4,6],[5,5],[6,4],[7,3],[8,2],[9,1],[10,0],[12,5]]
Using the object property as key for a new array (could create sparse arrays):
const obj={"1":9,"2":8,"3":7,"4":6,"5":5,"6":4,"7":3,"8":2,"9":1,"10":0,"12":5};
console.log(Object.entries(obj).reduce((ini,[k,v])=>(ini[k]=v,ini),[]));
//[undefined,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,undefined,5]
This last method, it could also reorganize the array order depending the value of keys. Sometimes this could be the desired behaviour (sometimes don't). But the advantage now is that the values are indexed on the correct array slot, essential and trivial to do searches on it.
Map instead of Array
Finally (not part of the original question, but for completeness), if you need to easy search using the key or the value, but you don't want sparse arrays, no duplicates and no reordering without the need to convert to numeric keys (even can access very complex keys), then array (or object) is not what you need. I will recommend Map instead:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map
let r=new Map(Object.entries(obj));
r.get("4"); //6
r.has(8); //true

In Ecmascript 6,
var obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0};
var res = Object.entries(obj);
console.log(res);
var obj = {
"1": 5,
"2": 7,
"3": 0,
"4": 0,
"5": 0,
"6": 0,
"7": 0,
"8": 0,
"9": 0,
"10": 0,
"11": 0,
"12": 0
};
var res = Object.entries(obj);
console.log(res);

Yet another solution if Object.entries won't work for you.
const obj = {
'1': 29,
'2': 42
};
const arr = Array.from(Object.keys(obj), k=>[`${k}`, obj[k]]);
console.log(arr);

Use Object.keys and Array#map methods.
var obj = {
"1": 5,
"2": 7,
"3": 0,
"4": 0,
"5": 0,
"6": 0,
"7": 0,
"8": 0,
"9": 0,
"10": 0,
"11": 0,
"12": 0
};
// get all object property names
var res = Object.keys(obj)
// iterate over them and generate the array
.map(function(k) {
// generate the array element
return [+k, obj[k]];
});
console.log(res);

Use Object.entries to get each element of Object in key & value format, then map through them like this:
var obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0}
var res = Object.entries(obj).map(([k, v]) => ([Number(k), v]));
console.log(res);
But, if you are certain that the keys will be in progressive order you can use Object.values and Array#map to do something like this:
var obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0};
// idx is the index, you can use any logic to increment it (starts from 0)
let result = Object.values(obj).map((e, idx) => ([++idx, e]));
console.log(result);

You can use Object.values([]), you might need this polyfill if you don't already:
const objectToValuesPolyfill = (object) => {
return Object.keys(object).map(key => object[key]);
};
Object.values = Object.values || objectToValuesPolyfill;
https://stackoverflow.com/a/54822153/846348
Then you can just do:
var object = {1: 'hello', 2: 'world'};
var array = Object.values(object);
Just remember that arrays in js can only use numerical keys so if you used something else in the object then those will become `0,1,2...x``
It can be useful to remove duplicates for example if you have a unique key.
var obj = {};
object[uniqueKey] = '...';

With lodash, in addition to the answer provided above, you can also have the key in the output array.
Without the object keys in the output array
for:
const array = _.values(obj);
If obj is the following:
{ “art”: { id: 1, title: “aaaa” }, “fiction”: { id: 22, title: “7777”} }
Then array will be:
[ { id: 1, title: “aaaa” }, { id: 22, title: “7777” } ]
With the object keys in the output array
If you write instead ('genre' is a string that you choose):
const array= _.map(obj, (val, id) => {
return { ...val, genre: key };
});
You will get:
[
{ id: 1, title: “aaaa” , genre: “art”},
{ id: 22, title: “7777”, genre: “fiction” }
]

If you are using lodash, it could be as simple as this:
var arr = _.values(obj);

var obj = { "1": 5, "2": 7, "3": 0, "4": 0, "5": 0, "6": 0, "7": 0, "8": 0, "9": 0, "10": 0, "11": 0, "12": 0 }
let objectKeys = Object.keys(obj);
let answer = objectKeys.map(value => {
return [value + ':' + obj[value]]
});

const persons = {
john: { age: 23, year:2010},
jack: { age: 22, year:2011},
jenny: { age: 21, year:2012}
}
const resultArray = Object.keys(persons).map(index => {
let person = persons[index];
return person;
});
//use this for not indexed object to change array

This is my solution, i have the same issue and its seems like this solution work for me.
yourObj = [].concat(yourObj);

or you can use Object.assign():
const obj = { 0: 1, 1: 2, 2: 3};
const arr = Object.assign([], obj);
console.log(arr)
// arr is [1, 2, 3]

Here is a "new" way with es6 using the spread operator in conjunction with Object.entries.
const data = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0};
const dataSpread = [...Object.entries(data)];
// data spread value is now:
[
[ '1', 5 ], [ '2', 7 ],
[ '3', 0 ], [ '4', 0 ],
[ '5', 0 ], [ '6', 0 ],
[ '7', 0 ], [ '8', 0 ],
[ '9', 0 ], [ '10', 0 ],
[ '11', 0 ], [ '12', 0 ]
]

you can use 3 methods convert object into array (reference for anyone not only for this question (3rd on is the most suitable,answer for this question)
Object.keys() ,Object.values(),andObject.entries()
examples for 3 methods
use Object.keys()
const text= {
quote: 'hello world',
author: 'unknown'
};
const propertyNames = Object.keys(text);
console.log(propertyNames);
result
[ 'quote', 'author' ]
use Object.values()
const propertyValues = Object.values(text);
console.log(propertyValues);
result
[ 'Hello world', 'unknown' ]
use Object.entires()
const propertyValues = Object.entires(text);
console.log(propertyValues);
result
[ [ 'quote', 'Hello world' ], [ 'author', 'unknown' ] ]

Use for in
var obj = { "10":5, "2":7, "3":0, "4":0, "5":0, "6":0, "7":0,
"8":0, "9":0, "10":0, "11":0, "12":0 };
var objectToArray = function(obj) {
var _arr = [];
for (var key in obj) {
_arr.push([key, obj[key]]);
}
return _arr;
}
console.log(objectToArray(obj));

Recursive convert object to array
function is_object(mixed_var) {
if (mixed_var instanceof Array) {
return false;
} else {
return (mixed_var !== null) && (typeof( mixed_var ) == 'object');
}
}
function objectToArray(obj) {
var array = [], tempObject;
for (var key in obj) {
tempObject = obj[key];
if (is_object(obj[key])) {
tempObject = objectToArray(obj[key]);
}
array[key] = tempObject;
}
return array;
}

We can change Number to String type for Key like below:
var obj = {"1":5,"2":7,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0}
var result = Object.keys(obj).map(function(key) {
return [String(key), obj[key]];
});
console.log(result);

you can use _.castArray(obj).
example:
_.castArray({ 'a': 1 });
// => [{ 'a': 1 }]