I am taking a json file and reorganizing it as a object in a new format (Not the same formatting as the json file I am reading, as I want to group variables differently) so I can use it. This requires creating a lot of variables with names that are unknown in advance.
I can dynamically create a new variable in my project like this:
object[variablename]
However, I would like to be able to do things like this
library[musicLibrary.Key].name = musicLibrary.alblum;
and
library[musicLibrary.Key].songs.[musicLibrary.title].name = musicLibrary.song;
Is there any way I can possibly do this?
My current looping code for the json looks like this:
var library = {};
for(var i = 0; i < musicList.songs.length; i++) {
//read json and reorganise it into a object
}
for(var i = 0; i < musicList.songs.length; i++) {
var key = musicLibrary.Key;
library[key] = library[key] || {};
library[key]['name'] = musicLibrary.alblum;
library[key]['songs'] = library[key]['songs'] || {};
library[key]['songs'][musicLibrary.title] = library[key]['songs'][musicLibrary.title] || {};
library[key]['songs'][musicLibrary.title]['name'] = musicLibrary.song;
}
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I'm currently working with an MVC JS framework and I want to be able to get a list of objects that I can take a random entry out of on a loop. So far I've managed to create a function that finds a random ID and pulls out that object so that part is not a problem. It's what is going into the array of objects:
QuestionsSetup: function(gameType) {
// Setup Resources
var c = this.View.children;
var player1qs = [];
var leftQ = 0;
var rightQ = 0;
var maxQValue = 50;
var minQValue = 1;
// Fill array with questions
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
// Build a random question with numbers between 1 and 50
// Build Question Text to output to user
// Generate correct answers based on generated question
// Generate unsorted, incorrect answers and add them to an array
//Place Questions into object
questions.qId = i;
questions.leftQ = leftQ;
questions.rightQ = rightQ;
questions.correctAnswer = correctAnswer;
questions.allAnswers = sortedAnswers;
questions.questionText = questionText;
//Add to array of questions
player1qs.push(questions);
}
}
This does add them to an array but when adding a new object it also changes the values of the existing objects in the array so they all come out the same no matter which one I pull out later. The questions object is declared in it's own file in a models folder. Is there any way, at the start of each loop, to tell the application I want new empty questions object as opposed to referencing the existing ones? I know that you can in similar back end languguages so I refuse to beleive that something so simple doesn't exist in JavaScript too?
Declaring a variable for each array item is definitely missing.
QuestionsSetup: function(gameType) {
// Setup Resources
var c = this.View.children;
var player1qs = [];
var leftQ = 0;
var rightQ = 0;
var maxQValue = 50;
var minQValue = 1;
// Fill array with questions
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
var tempQuestion = {
qId: i,
leftQ: leftQ,
rightQ: rightQ,
correctAnswer: correctAnswer,
allAnswers: sortedAnswers,
questionText: questionText
}
// ...
//Add to array of questions
player1qs.push(tempQuestion);
}
}
Using a separate closure inside a loop also might be a good idea.
do this:
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
let questions = {};
// the rest....
you need to define the object first.
Maybe you should just initialize the questions object before initializing its properties, so the code should look like this:
//Place Questions into object
questions = {};
questions.qId = i;
questions.leftQ = leftQ;
questions.rightQ = rightQ;
questions.correctAnswer = correctAnswer;
questions.allAnswers = sortedAnswers;
questions.questionText = questionText;
//Add to array of questions
player1qs.push(questions);
So, I have been trying for a while now and no luck. Currently I have an associative array as based on PSN profile data:
var PROFILE = {};
PROFILE.profileData = {};
PROFILE.titles = {};
and is used like this further down in the code:
PROFILE.profileData.onlineId = profileData.onlineId;
PROFILE.profileData.region = profileData.region;
PROFILE.titles[title.npCommunicationId] = title; //For looped, can be many
PROFILE.titles[title.npCommunicationId].trophies = {};
PROFILE.titles[title.npCommunicationId].trophies = trophyData.trophies; //any where from 10 - 50+ of these, for looped
Problem is, if I want to have multiple profiles, this doesn't work as it just inserts them in the same profile. I need 'PROFILE' to be an array that has all the above elements at each index.
PROFILEarray[n].profileData = {};
PROFILEarray[n].profileData.onlineId = profileData.onlineId;
PROFILEarray[n].profileData.region = profileData.region;
Something like this is what I need^
But for the above I get this error
Cannot read property 'profileData' of undefined
Once this is complete, it's saved into a file in JSON format to then be used by PHP code I've written to insert into a db.
This is a small snippet of the json output: http://textuploader.com/5zpbk (had to cut, too bit to upload)
you must define PROFILEarray[n] as object. JavaScript objects are containers for named values. You can not set value of undefined
PROFILEarray[n] is undefined in this case. Initialize it as {}(object)
Try this:
var PROFILEarray = [];
for (var n = 0; n < 5; n++) {
PROFILEarray[n] = {};
PROFILEarray[n].profileData = {};
PROFILEarray[n].profileData.onlineId = n;
PROFILEarray[n].profileData.region = 'Region' + n;
}
alert(JSON.stringify(PROFILEarray));
I'm working with some CSV data. Right now the CSV has a column called 'characteristic' which is one of three types, and a column called 'value', which contains the numerical value for the characteristic.
I'd like to change the structure of the data so that the columns are the characteristics themselves, and the values fall directly under those columns.
Here are screenshots of the tables, for clarity:
Currently:
What I'd like:
I changed things manually to give an example. The actual table I'll need to change is thousands of lines, so I'm hoping I can do this programmatically in some way.
The reason I need to restructure is that I need to transform the CSV to JSON, and the JSON needs to look like this:
[
{
"country":"afghanistan",
"iso3":"afg",
"first_indicator":3,
"second_indicator":5,
"third_indicator":3
},
{
"country":"united states",
"iso3":"usa",
"first_indicator":8,
"second_indicator":6,
"third_indicator":7
},
{
"country":"china",
"iso3":"chn",
"first_indicator":6,
"second_indicator":0.7,
"third_indicator":2
}
]
So - is there any way to take my CSV as it is now (first screenshot), and transform it to the JSON I want, without doing it all manually?
I've done a lot of searching, and I think maybe I just don't know what to search for. Ideally I would use javascript for this, but any suggestions welcome.
Thank you.
I made a JSFiddle for you, something like this should be what you want.
JavaScript
function Country(name, short){
this["country"] = name;
this["iso3"] = short;
}
function getCountryByName(name) {
for(var i = 0; i < countries.length; i++){
var country = countries[i];
if(country["country"] == name){
return country;
}
}
return null;
}
var csv = "country,shortname,characteristics,value\nafghanistan,afg,first_characteristic,3\nunited states,usa,first_characteristic,8\nchina,chn,first_characteristic,6\nafghanistan,afg,second_characteristic,5\nunited states,usa,second_characteristic,6\nchina,chn,second_characteristic,0.7\nafghanistan,afg,third_characteristic,3\nunited states,usa,third_characteristic,7\nchina,chn,third_characteristic,2"
var rows = csv.split("\n");
var countries = [];
if(rows.length > 0){
var header = rows[0];
var columns = header.split(",");
var countryIndex = columns.indexOf("country");
var shortnameIndex = columns.indexOf("shortname");
var characteristicsIndex = columns.indexOf("characteristics");
var valueIndex = columns.indexOf("value");
for(var i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
var row = rows[i];
var columns = row.split(",");
var name = columns[countryIndex];
var short = columns[shortnameIndex];
var characteristic = columns[characteristicsIndex];
var value = columns[valueIndex];
var country = getCountryByName(name);
if(!country){
country = new Country(name, short);
countries.push(country);
}
country[characteristic.replace("characteristic", "indicator")] = +value;
}
}
console.log(countries);
console.log(JSON.stringify(countries));
Output from the last line is this:
[{"country":"afghanistan","iso3":"afg","first_indicator":"3","second_indicator":"5","third_indicator":"3"},
{"country":"united states","iso3":"usa","first_indicator":"8","second_indicator":"6","third_indicator":"7"},
{"country":"china","iso3":"chn","first_indicator":"6","second_indicator":"0.7","third_indicator":"2"}]
My suggestion is to convert the CSV to JSON first. You can use an online tool.
When you have the JSON you can write a Javascript code to modify the JSON in the format you want.
I have the following array and a loop fetching the keys (https://jsfiddle.net/ytm04L53/)
var i;
var feeds = ["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt:12345","test_user_list20150826:666","test_list_Summary20150826.txt:321"];
for (i = 0; i < feeds.length; i++) {
var feed = feeds[i];
alert(feed.match(/\d+$/));
}
The array will always contain different number of keys, What I would like to do is either use these keys as variables and assign the value after the : semicolon as its value or just create a new set of variables and assign the values found on these keys to them.
How can I achieve this? so that I can then perform some sort of comparison
if (test_user > 5000) {dosomething}
update
Thanks for the answers, how can I also create a set of variables and assign the array values to them? For instance something like the following.
valCount(feeds.split(","));
function valCount(t) {
if(t[0].match(/test_user_.*/))
var testUser = t[0].match(/\d+$/);
}
Obviously there is the possibility that sometimes there will only be 1 key in the array and some times 2 or 3, so t[0] won't always be test_user_
I need to somehow pass the array to a function and perform some sort of matching, if array key starts with test_user_ then grab the value and assign it to a define variable.
Thanks guys for all your help!
You can't (reasonably) create variables with dynamic names at runtime. (It is technically possible.)
Instead, you can create object properties:
var feeds = ["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt:12345","test_user_list20150826:666","test_list_Summary20150826.txt:321"];
var obj = {};
feeds.forEach(function(entry) {
var parts = entry.split(":"); // Splits the string on the :
obj[parts[0]] = parts[1]; // Creates the property
});
Now, obj["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt"] has the value "12345".
Live Example:
var feeds = ["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt:12345","test_user_list20150826:666","test_list_Summary20150826.txt:321"];
var obj = {};
feeds.forEach(function(entry) {
var parts = entry.split(":");
obj[parts[0]] = parts[1];
});
snippet.log(obj["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt"]);
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You can do it like this, using the split function:
var i;
var feeds = ["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt:12345","test_user_list20150826:666","test_list_Summary20150826.txt:321"];
for (i = 0; i < feeds.length; i++) {
var feed = feeds[i];
console.log(feed.split(/[:]/));
}
This outputs:
["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt", "12345"]
["test_user_list20150826", "666"]
["test_list_Summary20150826.txt", "321"]
Use the split method
var feeds = ["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt:12345","test_user_list20150826:666","test_list_Summary20150826.txt:321"];
feedMap = {}
for (i = 0; i < feeds.length; i++) {
var temp = feeds[i].split(':');
feedMap[temp[0]] = temp[1];
}
Yields:
{
"test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt":"12345",
"test_user_list20150826":"666",
"test_list_Summary20150826.txt":"321"
}
And can be accessed like:
feedMap["test_user_201508_20150826080829.txt"]
Here is a codepen
it is not very good idea but if you really need to create variables on-the-run here's the code:
for (i = 0; i < feeds.length; i++)
{
var feed = feeds[i];
window[feed.substring(0, feed.indexOf(":"))] = feed.match(/\d+$/);
}
alert(test_user_201508_20150826080829)
Of course you cannot have any variable-name-string containing banned signs (like '.')
Regards,
Michał
Could anyone please give me an alternate syntax to the following
var id = '-JLxSeCPUCVN13FxifTY';
var ResultsContainer = results[id];
var i=0;
for(var k in ResultsContainer)
{
var TheArrayOfObjectsThatIneed = ResultsContainer[Object.keys(ResultsContainer)[i]];
console.log(TheArrayOfObjectsThatIneed);
//loop the TheArrayOfObjectsThatIneed do the processing
i++;
}
as you see in the image i have an array within an object within an object and i have no idea what the property names are but the structure is always the same {results:{id:{idthatidontknow:[{}]}}} and all i need is to access the arrays
the above code is working nicely but i am new to javescript and i was wondering if there is a nicer syntax and if i am doing it the right way
Perhaps something like this?
var id = '-JLxSeCPUCVN13FxifTY';
var ResultsContainer = results[id];
for(var k in ResultsContainer) {
if (ResultsContainer.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
var TheArrayOfObjectsThatIneed = ResultsContainer[k];
console.log(TheArrayOfObjectsThatIneed);
//loop the TheArrayOfObjectsThatIneed do the processing
}
}