How to create multiple objects based on dynamic data? - javascript

Basically what i'm doing, is trying to create my own steam market JSON, by HTML parsing.
Example of how I'm currently doing that :
var url = 'http://steamcommunity.com/market/search?appid=730'
var itemDiv = $("<div></div>")
$.get(url).success(function(r){
data = $(r).find('stuff i need')
itemDiv.append(data)
})
and now say I wanted to find names of the items in the div, i would do something like :
itemDiv.find('x').each(function(){
var name = $(this).find("y").text()
// console.log(name) [or do whatever is needed ect]
})
As I mentioned before, I need to return objects based on that data in the format of:
var item = {name:"",price:0}
However, things like price will always be changing.
Based on the data thats in the div, the final product would look along the lines of :
var x = {name:"a",price:1}
var x2 = {name:"a2",price:2}
How do I go about doing this? I thought maybe i could store the data in an array, and then do something like
for(x in y){
return object
}
or something along those lines.
Sorry if this seems like a bonehead question, I'm pretty new to javascript.
clarification: i'm trying to figure out how to return multiple objects based on the data inside the div.

Here is the code that builds an array of objects based on two arrays (assuming they are of equal length).
function buildStocks() {
// Names and prices can also be passed as function arguments
var names = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
var prices = [1, 2, 3];
var result = []; // Array of these objects
for (var i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
result.push({
name: names[i],
price: prices[i]
});
}
return result;
}

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Naming objects inside of an array dynamically

I'm quite new to JavaScript and programming in general and figured I'd hone my abilities by working on a small project. The idea is that I have a form for information on an event, an input for the name, date, time and a small thumbnail image.
I want each event to be an object inside of an array, so I would have something like:
var concerts = {};
for (var i = 1; i < 11; i++) {
window["concert"+i] = new Object();
}
and the array would end up being something:
var concerts = [concert1, concert2, concert3]
and so on.
How could I get this loop to work so that it would take the 3 parameters and create a new object in the array named 'concert'+i? Thanks for reading!
Concerts must be an array:
var concerts = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
concerts[i] = {
//maybe also giveit a name if you want to:
name:"concert"+i
};
}
You can access it like this:
concerts[0].name="Wacken";//first concert...
Note that this:
window["concert"+i] = new Object();
is very bad style...
First you declare a variable concerts of type object. But you want an array. That first line makes your code very confusing.
You have to start with an empty array:
var concerts = []; // alternatively: new Array();
In the end you'd like to have a structure like this:
[
{ /* object 1 */ },
{ /* object 2 */ }
]
Now you can run a foor-loop and populate the array:
for (var i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
concerts.push({['concert' + i]: {}});
}
This will return something like:
[
{'concert0': {}},
{'concert1': {}},
// skipped
{'concert10': {}}
]
Later you can populate the objects. This is however not a very nice style. Maybe you should reconsider if it is really necessary to give a name to every object like concert0...10.
Go rather for:
var concerts = [
{
'name': 'concert0',
'location': 'somewhere'
}
// continue with other objects
];

Appending to an object in a list of objects

I have a javascript array that contains objects and looks like this:
[{‘sku':’ASD',’price': 10.99,’name':’Hot Sauce',’quantity': 1}, {‘sku':’JKL',’price': 8.99,’name':’Chilli Peppers',’quantity': 1}, {‘sku':’UIO',’price':’10.50',’name': "Sip 'n' Sizzle T-Shirt",’quantity': 1}]
I have a variable that contains the subtotal for the entire order and I would like to append it to each object for database purposes.
I tried this, but it messed everything up.:
var allProdData = prodData.push({total: total})
I assume I have to a use a for loop, but I'm not quite sure how to do it.
I had the same problem a couple of days ago try this
for(key in Objectname){
var allProdData = prodData.push(Objectname[key].total)
}
Put the correct objectname
First give a correct format for your array like below:
var arr = [{sku:'ASD',price: 10.99,name:'Hot Sauce',quantity: 1}, ...]
Then loop the array, calculate the total and format a new array
var arrNew = [];
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
var total = arr[i].price * arr[i].quality;
arrNew.push({sku:arr[i].sku,price: arr[i].price,name:arr[i].name,quantity: arr[i].quality, total:total});
}

access javascript array element by JSON object key

I have an array that looks like this
var Zips = [{Zip: 92880, Count:1}, {Zip:91710, Count:3}, {Zip:92672, Count:0}]
I would like to be able to access the Count property of a particular object via the Zip property so that I can increment the count when I get another zip that matches. I was hoping something like this but it's not quite right (This would be in a loop)
Zips[rows[i].Zipcode].Count
I know that's not right and am hoping that there is a solution without looping through the result set every time?
Thanks
I know that's not right and am hoping that there is a solution without
looping through the result set every time?
No, you're gonna have to loop and find the appropriate value which meets your criteria. Alternatively you could use the filter method:
var filteredZips = Zips.filter(function(element) {
return element.Zip == 92880;
});
if (filteredZips.length > 0) {
// we have found a corresponding element
var count = filteredZips[0].count;
}
If you had designed your object in a different manner:
var zips = {"92880": 1, "91710": 3, "92672": 0 };
then you could have directly accessed the Count:
var count = zips["92880"];
In the current form, you can not access an element by its ZIP-code without a loop.
You could transform your array to an object of this form:
var Zips = { 92880: 1, 91710: 3 }; // etc.
Then you can access it by
Zips[rows[i].Zipcode]
To transform from array to object you could use this
var ZipsObj = {};
for( var i=Zips.length; i--; ) {
ZipsObj[ Zips[i].Zip ] = Zips[i].Count;
}
Couple of mistakes in your code.
Your array is collection of objects
You can access objects with their property name and not property value i.e Zips[0]['Zip'] is correct, or by object notation Zips[0].Zip.
If you want to find the value you have to loop
If you want to keep the format of the array Zips and its elements
var Zips = [{Zip: 92880, Count:1}, {Zip:91710, Count:3}, {Zip:92672, Count:0}];
var MappedZips = {}; // first of all build hash by Zip
for (var i = 0; i < Zips.length; i++) {
MappedZips[Zips[i].Zip] = Zips[i];
}
MappedZips is {"92880": {Zip: 92880, Count:1}, "91710": {Zip:91710, Count:3}, "92672": {Zip:92672, Count:0}}
// then you can get Count by O(1)
alert(MappedZips[92880].Count);
// or can change data by O(1)
MappedZips[92880].Count++;
alert(MappedZips[92880].Count);
jsFiddle example
function getZip(zips, zipNumber) {
var answer = null;
zips.forEach(function(zip){
if (zip.Zip === zipNumber) answer = zip;
});
return answer;
}
This function returns the zip object with the Zip property equal to zipNumber, or null if none exists.
did you try this?
Zips[i].Zip.Count

arranging elements in to a hash array

I am trying to break a javascript object in to small array so that I can easily access the innerlevel data whenever I needed.
I have used recursive function to access all nodes inside json, using the program
http://jsfiddle.net/SvMUN/1/
What I am trying to do here is that I want to store these in to a separate array so that I cn access it like
newArray.Microsoft= MSFT, Microsoft;
newArray.Intel Corp=(INTC, Fortune 500);
newArray.Japan=Japan
newArray.Bernanke=Bernanke;
Depth of each array are different, so the ones with single level can use the same name like I ve shown in the example Bernanke. Is it possible to do it this way?
No, you reduce the Facets to a string named html - but you want an object.
function generateList(facets) {
var map = {};
(function recurse(arr) {
var join = [];
for (var i=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
var current = arr[i].term; // every object must have one!
current = current.replace(/ /g, "_");
join.push(current); // only on lowest level?
if (current in arr[i])
map[current] = recurse(arr[i][current]);
}
return join;
})(facets)
return map;
}
Demo on jsfiddle.net
To get the one-level-data, you could just add this else-statement after the if:
else
map[current] = [ current ]; // create Array manually
Altough I don't think the result (demo) makes much sense then.

Dynamically create a two dimensional Javascript Array

Can someone show me the javascript I need to use to dynamically create a two dimensional Javascript Array like below?
desired array contents:
[["test1","test2","test3","test4","test5"],["test6","test7","test8","test9","test10"]]
current invalid output from alert(outterArray):
"test6","test7","test8","test9","test10","test6","test7","test8","test9","test10"
JavaScript code:
var outterArray = new Array();
var innerArray = new Array();
var outterCount=0;
$something.each(function () {
var innerCount = 0;//should reset the inner array and overwrite previous values?
$something.somethingElse.each(function () {
innerArray[innerCount] = $(this).text();
innerCount++;
}
outterArray[outterCount] = innerArray;
outterCount++;
}
alert(outterArray);
This is pretty cut and dry, just set up a nested loop:
var count = 1;
var twoDimensionalArray =[];
for (var i=0;i<2;i++)
{
var data = [];
for (var j=0;j<5;j++)
{
data.push("Test" + count);
count++;
}
twoDimensionalArray.push(data);
}
It sounds like you want to map the array of text for each $something element into an outer jagged array. If so then try the following
var outterArray = [];
$something.each(function () {
var innerArray = [];
$(this).somethingElse.each(function () {
innerArray.push($(this).text());
});
outterArray.push(innerArray);
});
alert(outterArray);
A more flexible approach is to use raw objects, they are used in a similar way than dictionaries. Dynamically expendables and with more options to define the index (as string).
Here you have an example:
var myArray = {};
myArray[12]="banana";
myArray["superman"]=123;
myArray[13]={}; //here another dimension is created
myArray[13][55]="This is the second dimension";
You don't need to keep track of array lengths yourself; the runtime maintains the ".length" property for you. On top of that, there's the .push() method to add an element to the end of an array.
// ...
innerArray.push($(this).text());
// ...
outerArray.push(innerArray);
To make a new array, just use []:
innerArray = []; // new array for this row
Also "outer" has only one "t" :-)
[SEE IT IN ACTION ON JSFIDDLE] If that $something variable is a jQuery search, you can use .map() function like this:
var outterArray = [];
var outterArray = $('.something').map(function() {
// find .somethingElse inside current element
return [$(this).find('.somethingElse').map(function() {
return $(this).text();
}).get()]; // return an array of texts ['text1', 'text2','text3']
}).get(); // use .get() to get values only, as .map() normally returns jQuery wrapped array
// notice that this alert text1,text2,text3,text4,text5,text6
alert(outterArray);​
// even when the array is two dimensional as you can do this:
alert(outterArray[0]);
alert(outterArray[1]);
HTML:
<div class="something">
<span class="somethingElse">test1</span>
<span class="somethingElse">test2</span>
<span class="somethingElse">test3</span>
</div>
<div class="something">
<span class="somethingElse">test4</span>
<span class="somethingElse">test5</span>
<span class="somethingElse">test6</span>
</div>
Here you can see it working in a jsFiddle with your expected result: http://jsfiddle.net/gPKKG/2/
I had a similar issue recently while working on a Google Spreadsheet and came up with an answer similar to BrianV's:
// 1st nest to handle number of columns I'm formatting, 2nd nest to build 2d array
for (var i = 1; i <= 2; i++) {
tmpRange = sheet.getRange(Row + 1, Col + i, numCells2Format); // pass/fail cells
var d2Arr = [];
for (var j = 0; j < numCells2Format; j++) {
// 1st column of cells I'm formatting
if ( 1 == i) {
d2Arr[j] = ["center"];
// 2nd column of cells I'm formatting
} else if ( 2 == i ) {
d2Arr[j] = ["left"];
}
}
tmpRange.setHorizontalAlignments( d2Arr );
}
So, basically, I had to make the assignment d2Arr[index]=["some string"] in order to build the multidimensional array I was looking for. Since the number of cells I wanted to format can change from sheet to sheet, I wanted it generalized. The case I was working out required a 15-dimension array. Assigning a 1-D array to elements in a 1-D array ended up making the 15-D array I needed.
you can use Array.apply
Array.apply(0, Array(ARRAY_SIZE)).map((row, rowIndex) => {
return Array.apply(0, Array(ARRAY_SIZE)).map((column, columnIndex) => {
return null;
});
});`

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