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Finding nested object data using basic JavaScript

I want to loop through 600+ array items in an object and find one particular item based on certain criteria. The array in the object is called "operations" and its items are arrays themselves.
My goal is to get the index of operation's array item which has the deeply nested string "Go".
In the sample below this would be the first element. My problem is that I can check if an array element contains "call" and "draw" but I don't know how to test for the nested dictionary "foobar". I only have basic JavaScript available, no special libraries.
let json = {
"head": {},
"operations": [
[
"call",
"w40",
"draw",
{
"parent": "w39",
"style": [
"PUSH"
],
"index": 0,
"text": "Modify"
}
],
[
"call",
"w83.gc",
"draw",
{
"foobar": [
["beginPath"],
[
"rect",
0,
0,
245,
80
],
["fill"],
[
"fillText",
"Go",
123,
24
],
[
"drawImage",
"rwt-resources/c8af.png",
]
]
}
],
[
"create",
"w39",
"rwt.widgets.Menu",
{
"parent": "w35",
"style": [
"POP_UP"
]
}
],
[
"call",
"w39",
"draw",
{
"parent": "w35",
"style": [
"POP_UP"
]
}
]
]
};
let index = "";
let operationList = json.operations;
for (i = 0; i < operationList.length; i++) {
if (operationList[i].includes('call') && operationList[i].includes('draw')) //missing another check if the dictionary "foobar" exists in this element )
{
index = i;
}
}
document.write(index)

I'll preface by saying that this data structure is going to be tough to manage in general. I would suggest a scheme for where an operation is an object with well defined properties, rather than just an "array of stuff".
That said, you can use recursion to search the array.
If any value in the array is another array, continue with the next level of recursion
If any value is an object, search its values
const isPlainObject = require('is-plain-object');
const containsTerm = (value, term) => {
// if value is an object, search its values
if (isPlainObject(value)) {
value = Object.values(value);
}
// if value is an array, search within it
if (Array.isArray(value)) {
return value.find((element) => {
return containsTerm(element, term);
});
}
// otherwise, value is a primitive, so check if it matches
return value === term;
};
const index = object.operations.findIndex((operation) => {
return containsTerm(operation, 'Go');
});

Creating an object from API data and adding it to an array dynamically

I have a data set that I'm pulling in from a database. It's one dimensional and I basically need to make it more structured. I refer to it as "flat".
I need to display a heading, and items under that heading that are related to the heading.
The data comes in as having and section_name (the heading) and item_name (items) and other data unique to each item like download URLs etc.
item_name(item)_______section_name(header)
first_________________Funds
second________________Funds
third_________________Funds
fourth________________Literature
fifth_________________Literature
sixth_________________Literature
seventh_______________Literature
eighth________________DueDilligence
I don't know what any of the names will be for the items or sections, or how many items, sections, or items per section. As I said, it's very flat. This needs to be fully dynamic which is why this is complicating things for me.
Here is what I've done.
API call to retrieve data. Store data in a state as an array (it comes in as an array of objects).
I create an empty array to store my newly structured data.
I loop through the data with a foreach.
I create a new object for my new data to add to the new array so I can loop over it later.
I first check to make sure the data exists.
To create the headers I check to see if my new empty array is actually empty OR my section_name is not the same as the last one.(in the original data array I got from the API call)
I store the section_names as an object in the new array (newArray.push(newObject)
I've gotten this far. Now I need to take the item_names that correlates to the section_names and store them in the object under each header name, or at least in the same index.
_generateInfo() {
let dataArray = this.state.stepTwoData
let newArray =[]
dataArray.forEach(function(item, index) {
let newObject = {}
if (index > 0) {
if (newArray.length === 0 || item.investor_portal_section_name !== dataArray[index -1].investor_portal_section_name) {
newObject["name"] = item.investor_portal_section_name
newObject["items"] = []
newArray.push(newObject)
}
})
console.log(newArray)
}
I tried pushing the items to the "number" array on my new object and that doesn't seem to work properly. Sometimes it will duplicate my newObject.name
Checking if the newObject.name === the section_names in the array and push it to the "number" array in my new object just creates new key-value pairs so it's still not correlating.
I tried looping through again in the if statement and if section_name === newObject.name then create a newObject and push it, but it would only push one of the items repeatedly instead of going through all of them.
I need to loop through and create a header (one header per different section_name). Then add each item that corresponds to the section_name to it. like this
[
{section_name(header): "Funds",
items: [
{
name: item_name,
sku: item_sku,
url: item_url
},
{
name: item_name,
sku: item_sku,
url: item_url
}]
},
{section_name(header):"Literature",
items: [
{name: item_name,
sku: item_sku,
url: item_url
},
{
name: item_name,
sku: item_sku,
url: item_url
}]}
]

Using associative array (dictionary) to segregate you data itmes by categories will do the job.
I've drafted some POC code that illustrates the idea. The key element there is buildAssociativeArray function
const raw_data = [
{item_name: "first", section_name: "Funds"},
{item_name: "second", section_name: "Funds"},
{item_name: "third", section_name: "Funds"},
{item_name: "fourth", section_name: "Literature"},
{item_name: "fifth", section_name: "Literature"},
{item_name: "sixth", section_name: "Literature"},
{item_name: "seventh", section_name: "Literature"},
{item_name: "eighth", section_name: "DueDilligence"},
]
function buildAssociativeArray(data) {
const dictionary = {};
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
const item = data[i];
const section = item.section_name;
var dictEntry = dictionary[section];
if (!dictEntry) {
dictEntry = [];
dictionary[section] = dictEntry;
}
dictEntry.push({
name: item.item_name,
// other fields like sku: item_sku or url: item_url may follow here
});
}
return dictionary;
}
const dictionary = buildAssociativeArray(raw_data);
console.log(dictionary);
/*
At this point
dictionary == {
"Funds": [
{
"name": "first"
},
{
"name": "second"
},
{
"name": "third"
}
],
"Literature": [
{
"name": "fourth"
},
{
"name": "fifth"
},
{
"name": "sixth"
},
{
"name": "seventh"
}
],
"DueDilligence": [
{
"name": "eighth"
}
]
}
*/
// Associcative array dictionary itself allows to further solve you task using for (var key in dictionary) {...} operator
// If however you need to obtain the data structure looking exactly like the one in your question you may go further with following function
function transformAssociativeArray(dictionary) {
const array = [];
for (var key in dictionary) {
const items = dictionary[key];
const newEntry = {
section_name: key,
items: items,
}
array.push(newEntry);
}
return array;
}
const array = transformAssociativeArray(dictionary);
console.log(array);
/*
At this point
array == [
{
"section_name": "Funds",
"items": [
{
"name": "first"
},
{
"name": "second"
},
{
"name": "third"
}
]
},
{
"section_name": "Literature",
"items": [
{
"name": "fourth"
},
{
"name": "fifth"
},
{
"name": "sixth"
},
{
"name": "seventh"
}
]
},
{
"section_name": "DueDilligence",
"items": [
{
"name": "eighth"
}
]
}
]
*/

How to map an array to another array and reset its keys in Javascript?

I have an object that has unique keys and each key holds an object:
var object = { 'a': {
source: '5279edf0-cd7f-11e3-af07-59475a41e2e9',
target: 'f6b3faa1-ad86-11e3-9409-3dbc47429e9f',
id: [ 'bf504d02-81e2-4a92-9c5c-8101943dc36d' ],
edge_context: [ 'small' ],
statement_id: [ '09b05bc0-20ab-11e9-a5b3-9fb3da66a7cb' ],
weight: 2
},
'b': {
source: '5279edf1-cd7f-11e3-af07-59475a41e2e9',
target: 'f6b3faa1-ad86-11e3-9409-3dbc47429e9f',
id: [ 'de769846-9145-40f8-ab2d-91c0d9b82b27',
'd5723929-71a0-4dfe-bf03-94d43e358145' ],
edge_context: [ 'small' ],
statement_id:
[ '09b05bc0-20ab-11e9-a5b3-9fb3da66a7cb',
'62671510-20ab-11e9-8cbf-ef11fdb08712' ],
weight: 6
}
}
var newArray = [];
for (let item of object) {
newArray(item);
}
console.log(newArray);
I want to map it to another array where the keys will be in a sequence 0, 1, 2 etc as the usual array
I tried to use this function above but it's not working saying "object is not iterable" so how to iterate the object?

Maybe:
const mappedObject = Object.keys(object).map(
k => object[k]
)

As others have pointed out, change the structure. It could be in the following way (you will obtain an array of objects, which you will be able to access using indexes like 0, 1, 2, etc):
var objt = [
{"a": {
"source": "5279edf0-cd7f-11e3-af07-59475a41e2e9",
"target": "f6b3faa1-ad86-11e3-9409-3dbc47429e9f",
"id": [ "bf504d02-81e2-4a92-9c5c-8101943dc36d" ],
"edge_context": [ "small" ],
"statement_id": [ "09b05bc0-20ab-11e9-a5b3-9fb3da66a7cb" ],
"weight": 2
}
},
{"b": {
"source": "5279edf1-cd7f-11e3-af07-59475a41e2e9",
"target": "f6b3faa1-ad86-11e3-9409-3dbc47429e9f",
"id": [ "de769846-9145-40f8-ab2d-91c0d9b82b27",
"d5723929-71a0-4dfe-bf03-94d43e358145" ],
"edge_context": [ "small" ],
"statement_id":
[ "09b05bc0-20ab-11e9-a5b3-9fb3da66a7cb",
"62671510-20ab-11e9-8cbf-ef11fdb08712" ],
"weight": 6
}
}
];
var newArray = objt.map(element => {
const firstProperty = Object.keys(element)[0];
let objectInfo = element[firstProperty];
console.log(objectInfo);
return objectInfo;
});
console.log(newArray);
What happens here is, the only field of each object is not named the same (in one object is "a", the next one is "b", and so on) so we need to figure out to get the only property of each object in the initial array, which contains the information you need to put in another array. For doing this. Object.keys() returns you an array of the properties of an object. Considering the scenario in which we only have one property per object, we get it using Object.keys(element)[0].
Finally, we just use .map() to generate a new array.

I would use Object.values(object) but it's not supported by IE (there is a polyfill for that). Or would use Object.getOwnPropertyNames (which is supported by IE) to convert the keys to an array and map the array to another which containing the values.
var newArray = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(object).map(key => object[key])

Array Mapping in AngularJs

I have two arrays
$scope.tags = [{ "id": 1, "name": "python" }, { "id": 2, "name": "NodeJs" }, { "id": 3, "name": "git" }]
Other one is
$scope.skillsInterested = [1,2];
What is want to do ?
How can i map the above arrays and print only names of the id's in$scope.skillsInterested
I want to print names in first array only the id's present in second.
I have tried this after getting several answers
var tag_map = {};
for (var x = 0; x < $scope.tags.length; x++) {
tag_map[$scope.tags[x]['id']] = $scope.tags[x]['name'];
}
$scope.skillsInts = $scope.skillsInterested.map(function(x) {
return tag_map[x]
On running console.log
console.log("Result", tag_map);
It sometimes give result sometimes it gives 'map' of undefined.
TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of undefined
at controllers.js:141
at angular.js:16383
at m.$eval (angular.js:17682)
at m.$digest (angular.js:17495)
at m.$apply (angular.js:17790)
at l (angular.js:11831)
at J (angular.js:12033)
at XMLHttpRequest.t.onload (angular.js:11966)
Thanks in advance.

Make a map of your data that looks like this:
var tagMap = { 1: "python", 2: "NodeJs" /* etc. */ };
You can do this by looping over your tags and adding a new property to an object. reduce lets you do this without creating any extra variables.
Then, you can select names from your newly created object using the [] notation: tagMap[1] returns "pyhton".
var tags = [{ "id": 1, "name": "python" }, { "id": 2, "name": "NodeJs" }, { "id": 3, "name": "git" }]
var selectedExpTags = [1,2];
// Make a map for `id: name`
var tagMap = tags.reduce(function(map, tag) {
map[tag.id] = tag.name;
return map;
}, {});
// Quickly select names from the map:
var selectedNames = selectedExpTags.map(function(id) {
return tagMap[id];
});
console.log(selectedNames);
Using this approach, you minimise the iterations over your data. The creation of the map loops over the tags once. Creating the array with names, loops over the selected tags once. So, roughly, the "loop count" is tags.length + selectedTags.length. If you would use an indexOf based approach, your loop count would be tags.length * selectedTags.length.

Use the filter function for first, and then check the id's existnent then map the names from the array.
var first = [{ "id": 1, "name": "python" }, { "id": 2, "name": "NodeJs" }, { "id": 3, "name": "git" }];
var selectedExpTags = [1,2];
var names = first.filter(item => selectedExpTags.some(id => item.id === id)).map(item => item.name);
console.log(names);

You can loop over $scope.selectedExpTags and get a list of all names. You can use array.find if you want first value only.
Sample
var first = [
{ "id": 1, "name": "python" },
{ "id": 2, "name": "NodeJs" },
{ "id": 3, "name": "git" }];
var selectedExpTags = [1,2];
var names = selectedExpTags.map(x=> first.find( y=> y.id === x ).name )
console.log(names);

$scope.newArray = []; // If you need a new array to work with
angular.forEach($scope.tags, function(tag){
$scope.selectedExpTags.forEach(function(selectedTag){
if(selectedTag == tag.id){
//tag.hide = false; // - If you want to update the current array
$scope.newArray.push(tag);
}
// else{ // - If you want to update the current array
// tag.hide = true;
// }
})
})
Lodash is more efficient than angular for manipulating data.

Merge Arrays Combining Matching Objects in Angular Javascript

I have 2 array objects in Angular JS that I wish to merge (overlap/combine) the matching ones.
For example, the Array 1 is like this:
[
{"id":1,"name":"Adam"},
{"id":2,"name":"Smith"},
{"id":3,"name":"Eve"},
{"id":4,"name":"Gary"},
]
Array 2 is like this:
[
{"id":1,"name":"Adam", "checked":true},
{"id":3,"name":"Eve", "checked":true},
]
I want the resulting array after merging to become this:
[
{"id":1,"name":"Adam", "checked":true},
{"id":2,"name":"Smith"},
{"id":3,"name":"Eve", "checked":true},
{"id":4,"name":"Gary"},
]
Is that possible? I have tried angular's array_merge and array_extend like this:
angular.merge([], $scope.array1, $scope.array2);
angular.extend([], $scope.array1, $scope.array2);
But the above method overlap the first 2 objects in array and doesn't merge them based on matching data. Is having a foreach loop the only solution for this?
Can someone guide me here please?

Not sure if this find of merge is supported by AngularJS. I've made a snippet which does exactly the same:
function merge(array1, array2) {
var ids = [];
var merge_obj = [];
array1.map(function(ele) {
if (!(ids.indexOf(ele.id) > -1)) {
ids.push(ele.id);
merge_obj.push(ele);
}
});
array2.map(function(ele) {
var index = ids.indexOf(ele.id);
if (!( index > -1)) {
ids.push(ele.id);
merge_obj.push(ele);
}else{
merge_obj[index] = ele;
}
});
console.log(merge_obj);
}
var array1 = [{
"id": 1,
"name": "Adam"
}, {
"id": 2,
"name": "Smith"
}, {
"id": 3,
"name": "Eve"
}, {
"id": 4,
"name": "Gary"
}, ]
var array2 = [{
"id": 1,
"name": "Adam",
"checked": true
}, {
"id": 3,
"name": "Eve",
"checked": true
}, ];
merge(array1, array2);

Genuinely, extend in Angular works with object instead of array. But we can do small trick in your case. Here is another solution.
// a1, a2 is your arrays
// This is to convert array to object with key is id and value is the array item itself
var a1_ = a1.reduce(function(obj, value) {
obj[value.id] = value;
return obj;
}, {});
var a2_ = a2.reduce(function(obj, value) {
obj[value.id] = value;
return obj;
}, {});
// Then use extend with those two converted objects
var result = angular.extend([], a1_, a2_).splice(1)
Notes:
For compatibility, reduce may not work.
The after array will replace the previous one. This is because of implementation of extend in Angular.