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I have an array object here:
var obj = {
name: 'Chris',
age: 25,
hobby: 'programming'
};
I need a function that will convert an object literal into an array of arrays even without knowing the key or the value like this:
[['name', 'Chris'], ['age', 25], ['hobby', 'programming']]
So I created a function to do that. However I am not sure where to start to enable me to merge them.
function convert(obj) {
var array = [];
}
convert(obj);
Any help?
using Object.keys() and Array#map()
var obj = {
name: 'Chris',
age: 25,
hobby: 'programming'
};
function convert(obj) {
return Object.keys(obj).map(k => [k, obj[k]]);
}
console.log(convert(obj));
You can do this:
1. Iterate through the object
2. Push the key and value in to array and then puh that array into answer array
var obj = {
name: 'Chris',
age: 25,
hobby: 'programming'
};
var ans = [];
for(var i in obj) {
ans.push([i, obj[i]]);
}
console.log(ans);
You can use Object.keys to extract all property names:
var arr=[];
Object.keys(obj).forEach(function(key){
arr.push([key, obj[key]]);
})
I want to cycle through the objects contained in an array and change the properties of each one. If I do this:
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j]);
}
The console should bring up every object in the array, right? But in fact it only displays the first object. if I console log the array outside of the loop, all the objects appear so there's definitely more in there.
Anyway, here's the next problem. How do I access, for example Object1.x in the array, using the loop?
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j.x]);
}
This returns "undefined." Again the console log outside the loop tells me that the objects all have values for "x". How do I access these properties in the loop?
I was recommended elsewhere to use separate arrays for each of the properties, but I want to make sure I've exhausted this avenue first.
Thank you!
Use forEach its a built-in array function. Array.forEach():
yourArray.forEach(function (arrayItem) {
var x = arrayItem.prop1 + 2;
console.log(x);
});
Some use cases of looping through an array in the functional programming way in JavaScript:
1. Just loop through an array
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
myArray.forEach((element, index, array) => {
console.log(element.x); // 100, 200, 300
console.log(index); // 0, 1, 2
console.log(array); // same myArray object 3 times
});
Note: Array.prototype.forEach() is not a functional way strictly speaking, as the function it takes as the input parameter is not supposed to return a value, which thus cannot be regarded as a pure function.
2. Check if any of the elements in an array pass a test
const people = [
{name: 'John', age: 23},
{name: 'Andrew', age: 3},
{name: 'Peter', age: 8},
{name: 'Hanna', age: 14},
{name: 'Adam', age: 37}];
const anyAdult = people.some(person => person.age >= 18);
console.log(anyAdult); // true
3. Transform to a new array
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const newArray= myArray.map(element => element.x);
console.log(newArray); // [100, 200, 300]
Note: The map() method creates a new array with the results of calling a provided function on every element in the calling array.
4. Sum up a particular property, and calculate its average
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const sum = myArray.map(element => element.x).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
console.log(sum); // 600 = 0 + 100 + 200 + 300
const average = sum / myArray.length;
console.log(average); // 200
5. Create a new array based on the original but without modifying it
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const newArray= myArray.map(element => {
return {
...element,
x: element.x * 2
};
});
console.log(myArray); // [100, 200, 300]
console.log(newArray); // [200, 400, 600]
6. Count the number of each category
const people = [
{name: 'John', group: 'A'},
{name: 'Andrew', group: 'C'},
{name: 'Peter', group: 'A'},
{name: 'James', group: 'B'},
{name: 'Hanna', group: 'A'},
{name: 'Adam', group: 'B'}];
const groupInfo = people.reduce((groups, person) => {
const {A = 0, B = 0, C = 0} = groups;
if (person.group === 'A') {
return {...groups, A: A + 1};
} else if (person.group === 'B') {
return {...groups, B: B + 1};
} else {
return {...groups, C: C + 1};
}
}, {});
console.log(groupInfo); // {A: 3, C: 1, B: 2}
7. Retrieve a subset of an array based on particular criteria
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const newArray = myArray.filter(element => element.x > 250);
console.log(newArray); // [{x:300}]
Note: The filter() method creates a new array with all elements that pass the test implemented by the provided function.
8. Sort an array
const people = [
{ name: "John", age: 21 },
{ name: "Peter", age: 31 },
{ name: "Andrew", age: 29 },
{ name: "Thomas", age: 25 }
];
let sortByAge = people.sort(function (p1, p2) {
return p1.age - p2.age;
});
console.log(sortByAge);
9. Find an element in an array
const people = [ {name: "john", age:23},
{name: "john", age:43},
{name: "jim", age:101},
{name: "bob", age:67} ];
const john = people.find(person => person.name === 'john');
console.log(john);
The Array.prototype.find() method returns the value of the first element in the array that satisfies the provided testing function.
References
Array.prototype.some()
Array.prototype.forEach()
Array.prototype.map()
Array.prototype.filter()
Array.prototype.sort()
Spread syntax
Array.prototype.find()
You can use a for..of loop to loop over an array of objects.
for (let item of items) {
console.log(item); // Will display contents of the object inside the array
}
One of the best things about for..of loops is that they can iterate over more than just arrays. You can iterate over any type of iterable, including maps and objects. Make sure you use a transpiler or something like TypeScript if you need to support older browsers.
If you wanted to iterate over a map, the syntax is largely the same as the above, except it handles both the key and value.
for (const [key, value] of items) {
console.log(value);
}
I use for..of loops for pretty much every kind of iteration I do in Javascript. Furthermore, one of the coolest things is they also work with async/await as well.
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j].x);
}
Here's an example on how you can do it :)
var students = [{
name: "Mike",
track: "track-a",
achievements: 23,
points: 400,
},
{
name: "james",
track: "track-a",
achievements: 2,
points: 21,
},
]
students.forEach(myFunction);
function myFunction(item, index) {
for (var key in item) {
console.log(item[key])
}
}
Looping through an array of objects is a pretty fundamental functionality. This is what works for me.
var person = [];
person[0] = {
firstName: "John",
lastName: "Doe",
age: 60
};
var i, item;
for (i = 0; i < person.length; i++) {
for (item in person[i]) {
document.write(item + ": " + person[i][item] + "<br>");
}
}
It's really simple using the forEach method since ES5+. You can directly change each property of each object in your array.
myArray.forEach(function (arrayElem){
arrayElem = newPropertyValue;
});
If you want to access a specific property on each object:
myArray.forEach(function (arrayElem){
arrayElem.nameOfYourProperty = newPropertyValue;
});
myArray[j.x] is logically incorrect.
Use (myArray[j].x); instead
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j].x);
}
const jobs = [
{
name: "sipher",
family: "sipherplus",
job: "Devops"
},
{
name: "john",
family: "Doe",
job: "Devops"
},
{
name: "jim",
family: "smith",
job: "Devops"
}
];
const txt =
` <ul>
${jobs.map(job => `<li>${job.name} ${job.family} -> ${job.job}</li>`).join('')}
</ul>`
;
document.body.innerHTML = txt;
Be careful about the back Ticks (`)
this.data = [{name:"Rajiv", city:"Deoria"},{name:"Babbi", city:"Salempr"},{name:"Brijesh", city:"GKP"}];
for(const n of this.data) {
console.log(n.name)
}
This would work. Looping thorough array(yourArray) . Then loop through direct properties of each object (eachObj) .
yourArray.forEach( function (eachObj){
for (var key in eachObj) {
if (eachObj.hasOwnProperty(key)){
console.log(key,eachObj[key]);
}
}
});
Accepted answer uses normal function. So posting the same code with slight modification using arrow function on forEach
yourArray.forEach(arrayItem => {
var x = arrayItem.prop1 + 2;
console.log(x);
});
Also in $.each you can use arrow function like below
$.each(array, (item, index) => {
console.log(index, item);
});
Here's another way of iterating through an array of objects (you need to include jQuery library in your document for these).
$.each(array, function(element) {
// do some operations with each element...
});
Array object iteration, using jQuery,
(use the second parameter to print the string).
$.each(array, function(index, item) {
console.log(index, item);
});
var c = {
myProperty: [
{ name: 'this' },
{ name: 'can' },
{ name: 'get' },
{ name: 'crazy' }
]
};
c.myProperty.forEach(function(myProperty_element) {
var x = myProperty_element.name;
console.log('the name of the member is : ' + x);
})
This is one of the ways how I was able to achieve it.
I want to loop and deconstruction assignment at the same time, so code like this: config.map(({ text, callback })=>add_btn({ text, callback }))
This might help somebody. Maybe it's a bug in Node.
var arr = [ { name: 'a' }, { name: 'b' }, { name: 'c' } ];
var c = 0;
This doesn't work:
while (arr[c].name) { c++; } // TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined
But this works...
while (arr[c]) { c++; } // Inside the loop arr[c].name works as expected.
This works too...
while ((arr[c]) && (arr[c].name)) { c++; }
BUT simply reversing the order does not work. I'm guessing there's some kind of internal optimization here that breaks Node.
while ((arr[c].name) && (arr[c])) { c++; }
Error says the array is undefined, but it's not :-/ Node v11.15.0
I know it's been long but for anyone else encountering this issue, my problem is that I was looping through an array of arrays containing only one array. Like this:
// array snippet (returned from here)
} else {
callback([results])
}
And I was using the array like this
for(const result of results){
console.log(result.x)
}
As you can see, the array I wanted to iterate over was actually inside another array. removing the square brackets helped. Node JS and MySQL.
I created an immutable map (with Immutable-JS) from a list of objects:
var result = [{'id': 2}, {'id': 4}];
var map = Immutable.fromJS(result);
Now i want to get the object with id = 4.
Is there an easier way than this:
var object = map.filter(function(obj){
return obj.get('id') === 4
}).first();
Essentially, no: you're performing a list lookup by value, not by index, so it will always be a linear traversal.
An improvement would be to use find instead of filter:
var result = map.find(function(obj){return obj.get('id') === 4;});
The first thing to note is that you're not actually creating a map, you're creating a list:
var result = [{'id': 2}, {'id': 4}];
var map = Immutable.fromJS(result);
Immutable.Map.isMap(map); // false
Immutable.List.isList(map); // true
In order to create a map you can use a reviver argument in your toJS call (docs), but it's certainly not the most intuitive api, alternatively you can do something like:
// lets use letters rather than numbers as numbers get coerced to strings anyway
var result = [{'id': 'a'}, {'id': 'b'}];
var map = Immutable.Map(result.reduce(function(previous, current) {
previous[ current.id ] = current;
return previous;
}, {}));
Immutable.Map.isMap(map); // true
Now we have a proper Immutable.js map which has a get method
var item = Map.get('a'); // {id: 'a'}
It may be important to guarantee the order of the array. If that's the case:
Use an OrderedMap
Do a set method on the OrderedMap at each iteration of your source array
The example below uses "withMutations" for better performance.
var OrderedMap = Immutable.OrderedMap
// Get new OrderedMap
function getOm(arr) {
return OrderedMap().withMutations(map => {
arr.forEach(item => map.set(item.id, item))
})
}
// Source collection
var srcArray = [
{
id: 123,
value: 'foo'
},
{
id: 456,
value: 'bar'
}
]
var myOrderedMap = getOm(srcArray)
myOrderedMap.get(123)
// --> { id: 123, value: 'foo' }
myOrderedMap.toObject()
// --> { 123: {id: 123, value: 'foo'}, 456: {id: 456, value: 'bar'} }
myOrderedMap.toArray()
// --> [ {id: 123, value: 'foo'}, { id: 456, value: 'bar' } ]
When using fromJS for array, you'll get List not map. It will be better and easier if you create a map. The following code will convert the result into Immutable map.
const map = result.reduce((map, json) =>
map.set(json.id, Immutable.fromJS(json))
, Map());
Now, you can
map.get('2'); //{'id': 2}
Note, if the result has nested structure and if that has array, it will be a List with the above code.
With ES2015 syntax (and constants):
const result = map.find(o => o.get('id') === 4);
Is there already a way thats easier? I don't know. but you can write your own function. Something like this should work:
var myFunc = function(id){
var object = map.filter(function(obj){return obj.get('id') === id}).first();
return object;
}
Then you would just do:
var myObj = myFunc(4);
I want to cycle through the objects contained in an array and change the properties of each one. If I do this:
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j]);
}
The console should bring up every object in the array, right? But in fact it only displays the first object. if I console log the array outside of the loop, all the objects appear so there's definitely more in there.
Anyway, here's the next problem. How do I access, for example Object1.x in the array, using the loop?
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j.x]);
}
This returns "undefined." Again the console log outside the loop tells me that the objects all have values for "x". How do I access these properties in the loop?
I was recommended elsewhere to use separate arrays for each of the properties, but I want to make sure I've exhausted this avenue first.
Thank you!
Use forEach its a built-in array function. Array.forEach():
yourArray.forEach(function (arrayItem) {
var x = arrayItem.prop1 + 2;
console.log(x);
});
Some use cases of looping through an array in the functional programming way in JavaScript:
1. Just loop through an array
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
myArray.forEach((element, index, array) => {
console.log(element.x); // 100, 200, 300
console.log(index); // 0, 1, 2
console.log(array); // same myArray object 3 times
});
Note: Array.prototype.forEach() is not a functional way strictly speaking, as the function it takes as the input parameter is not supposed to return a value, which thus cannot be regarded as a pure function.
2. Check if any of the elements in an array pass a test
const people = [
{name: 'John', age: 23},
{name: 'Andrew', age: 3},
{name: 'Peter', age: 8},
{name: 'Hanna', age: 14},
{name: 'Adam', age: 37}];
const anyAdult = people.some(person => person.age >= 18);
console.log(anyAdult); // true
3. Transform to a new array
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const newArray= myArray.map(element => element.x);
console.log(newArray); // [100, 200, 300]
Note: The map() method creates a new array with the results of calling a provided function on every element in the calling array.
4. Sum up a particular property, and calculate its average
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const sum = myArray.map(element => element.x).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
console.log(sum); // 600 = 0 + 100 + 200 + 300
const average = sum / myArray.length;
console.log(average); // 200
5. Create a new array based on the original but without modifying it
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const newArray= myArray.map(element => {
return {
...element,
x: element.x * 2
};
});
console.log(myArray); // [100, 200, 300]
console.log(newArray); // [200, 400, 600]
6. Count the number of each category
const people = [
{name: 'John', group: 'A'},
{name: 'Andrew', group: 'C'},
{name: 'Peter', group: 'A'},
{name: 'James', group: 'B'},
{name: 'Hanna', group: 'A'},
{name: 'Adam', group: 'B'}];
const groupInfo = people.reduce((groups, person) => {
const {A = 0, B = 0, C = 0} = groups;
if (person.group === 'A') {
return {...groups, A: A + 1};
} else if (person.group === 'B') {
return {...groups, B: B + 1};
} else {
return {...groups, C: C + 1};
}
}, {});
console.log(groupInfo); // {A: 3, C: 1, B: 2}
7. Retrieve a subset of an array based on particular criteria
const myArray = [{x:100}, {x:200}, {x:300}];
const newArray = myArray.filter(element => element.x > 250);
console.log(newArray); // [{x:300}]
Note: The filter() method creates a new array with all elements that pass the test implemented by the provided function.
8. Sort an array
const people = [
{ name: "John", age: 21 },
{ name: "Peter", age: 31 },
{ name: "Andrew", age: 29 },
{ name: "Thomas", age: 25 }
];
let sortByAge = people.sort(function (p1, p2) {
return p1.age - p2.age;
});
console.log(sortByAge);
9. Find an element in an array
const people = [ {name: "john", age:23},
{name: "john", age:43},
{name: "jim", age:101},
{name: "bob", age:67} ];
const john = people.find(person => person.name === 'john');
console.log(john);
The Array.prototype.find() method returns the value of the first element in the array that satisfies the provided testing function.
References
Array.prototype.some()
Array.prototype.forEach()
Array.prototype.map()
Array.prototype.filter()
Array.prototype.sort()
Spread syntax
Array.prototype.find()
You can use a for..of loop to loop over an array of objects.
for (let item of items) {
console.log(item); // Will display contents of the object inside the array
}
One of the best things about for..of loops is that they can iterate over more than just arrays. You can iterate over any type of iterable, including maps and objects. Make sure you use a transpiler or something like TypeScript if you need to support older browsers.
If you wanted to iterate over a map, the syntax is largely the same as the above, except it handles both the key and value.
for (const [key, value] of items) {
console.log(value);
}
I use for..of loops for pretty much every kind of iteration I do in Javascript. Furthermore, one of the coolest things is they also work with async/await as well.
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j].x);
}
Here's an example on how you can do it :)
var students = [{
name: "Mike",
track: "track-a",
achievements: 23,
points: 400,
},
{
name: "james",
track: "track-a",
achievements: 2,
points: 21,
},
]
students.forEach(myFunction);
function myFunction(item, index) {
for (var key in item) {
console.log(item[key])
}
}
Looping through an array of objects is a pretty fundamental functionality. This is what works for me.
var person = [];
person[0] = {
firstName: "John",
lastName: "Doe",
age: 60
};
var i, item;
for (i = 0; i < person.length; i++) {
for (item in person[i]) {
document.write(item + ": " + person[i][item] + "<br>");
}
}
It's really simple using the forEach method since ES5+. You can directly change each property of each object in your array.
myArray.forEach(function (arrayElem){
arrayElem = newPropertyValue;
});
If you want to access a specific property on each object:
myArray.forEach(function (arrayElem){
arrayElem.nameOfYourProperty = newPropertyValue;
});
myArray[j.x] is logically incorrect.
Use (myArray[j].x); instead
for (var j = 0; j < myArray.length; j++){
console.log(myArray[j].x);
}
const jobs = [
{
name: "sipher",
family: "sipherplus",
job: "Devops"
},
{
name: "john",
family: "Doe",
job: "Devops"
},
{
name: "jim",
family: "smith",
job: "Devops"
}
];
const txt =
` <ul>
${jobs.map(job => `<li>${job.name} ${job.family} -> ${job.job}</li>`).join('')}
</ul>`
;
document.body.innerHTML = txt;
Be careful about the back Ticks (`)
this.data = [{name:"Rajiv", city:"Deoria"},{name:"Babbi", city:"Salempr"},{name:"Brijesh", city:"GKP"}];
for(const n of this.data) {
console.log(n.name)
}
This would work. Looping thorough array(yourArray) . Then loop through direct properties of each object (eachObj) .
yourArray.forEach( function (eachObj){
for (var key in eachObj) {
if (eachObj.hasOwnProperty(key)){
console.log(key,eachObj[key]);
}
}
});
Accepted answer uses normal function. So posting the same code with slight modification using arrow function on forEach
yourArray.forEach(arrayItem => {
var x = arrayItem.prop1 + 2;
console.log(x);
});
Also in $.each you can use arrow function like below
$.each(array, (item, index) => {
console.log(index, item);
});
Here's another way of iterating through an array of objects (you need to include jQuery library in your document for these).
$.each(array, function(element) {
// do some operations with each element...
});
Array object iteration, using jQuery,
(use the second parameter to print the string).
$.each(array, function(index, item) {
console.log(index, item);
});
var c = {
myProperty: [
{ name: 'this' },
{ name: 'can' },
{ name: 'get' },
{ name: 'crazy' }
]
};
c.myProperty.forEach(function(myProperty_element) {
var x = myProperty_element.name;
console.log('the name of the member is : ' + x);
})
This is one of the ways how I was able to achieve it.
I want to loop and deconstruction assignment at the same time, so code like this: config.map(({ text, callback })=>add_btn({ text, callback }))
This might help somebody. Maybe it's a bug in Node.
var arr = [ { name: 'a' }, { name: 'b' }, { name: 'c' } ];
var c = 0;
This doesn't work:
while (arr[c].name) { c++; } // TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined
But this works...
while (arr[c]) { c++; } // Inside the loop arr[c].name works as expected.
This works too...
while ((arr[c]) && (arr[c].name)) { c++; }
BUT simply reversing the order does not work. I'm guessing there's some kind of internal optimization here that breaks Node.
while ((arr[c].name) && (arr[c])) { c++; }
Error says the array is undefined, but it's not :-/ Node v11.15.0
I know it's been long but for anyone else encountering this issue, my problem is that I was looping through an array of arrays containing only one array. Like this:
// array snippet (returned from here)
} else {
callback([results])
}
And I was using the array like this
for(const result of results){
console.log(result.x)
}
As you can see, the array I wanted to iterate over was actually inside another array. removing the square brackets helped. Node JS and MySQL.
I am trying to filter an array of objects, based on another. The common property id id.
I am not sure filter + each is the best way to do it or map reduce. Anyway, below code doesn't work as out is empty list.
var aaa = [
{name: "AAA", id: 845},
{name: "BBB", id: 839},
{name: "CCC", id: 854}
];
var bbb = [
{id: 839},
{id: 854}
];
var out = _.filter(aaa, function(val){
return _.each(this, function(val2){
return val['id'] === val2['id']
});
}, bbb);
Just create a "set" of the valid ids and use that "set" to do the filtering:
var aaa = [
{name: "AAA", id: 845},
{name: "BBB", id: 839},
{name: "CCC", id: 854}
];
var bbb = [
{id: 839},
{id: 854}
];
var ids = {};
_.each(bbb, function (bb) { ids[bb.id] = true; });
var out = _.filter(aaa, function (val) {
return ids[val.id];
}, bbb);
Filling ids is fast, it's in n * amortized O(1), i.e O(n). Same holds for the filtering.
If you use each(…) in the inner loop, you will have O(n²). For bigger data sets this would become very slow. Also the additional nesting make the code more difficult to read/understand at first glance.
See that code snipped in action: http://jsfiddle.net/SMtX5/
you can use _.find to filter:
_.filter(aaa, function(a){
return _.find(bbb, function(b){
return b.id === a.id;
});
});
You can use _.some(list, [iterator], [context]).
It returns true if any of the values in the list pass the iterator truth test.
var out = _.filter(aaa, function(val){
return _.some(this,function(val2){
return val2['id'] === val['id'];
});
}, bbb);
Here is jsfiddle. http://jsfiddle.net/h98ej/
bbb = bbb.map(_ => _.id) && aaa.filter(_ => bbb.indexOf( _.id ) > -1)
You just need pure JS array functions to do that assuming your use case.