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Remove element from named values in javascript

I have the following function, which is called when a google forms is submitted. I'm trying to concatenate all answers into a single array that's gonna be used latter:
function onFormSubmit(e) {
var respostas = e.namedValues;
for(item in respostas){
rp = rp.concat(respostas[item]);
}
}
But I would like to drop the timestamp that comes together with the answers. I can access it with respostas['Timestamp'], but I can't find a way to drop or ignore it. The documentation didn't help much.

var cp = [];
function onSubmitForm(e) {
var respostas = e.namedValues;
for (var name in respostas) {
if (respostas.hasOwnProperty(name) {
if (name !== 'Timestamp') {
cp.push(respostash[name]);
}
}
}
}
This is what I would suggest. Using concat to add an item is overkill, you can just push it. Also is a good practice when you are looping over object properties to make sure that they are its own properties of that object, not inherited from prototype. You can read more about it here

You can check the name of the property before concatenate it with the rest.
If the key item equals Timestamp (the undesired property) just skip the current loop.
for(item in respostas) {
if (item === 'Timestamp') {
continue;
}
rp = rp.concat(respostas[item]);
}
EDIT: Based on comments, OP attests that item in the for..in loop is a integer, but, unless his/her code differs radically from the docs, the variable should hold strings, not numbers.
var respostas = {
'First Name': ['Jane'],
'Timestamp': ['6/7/2015 20:54:13'],
'Last Name': ['Doe']
};
for(item in respostas) {
console.log(item);
}

e.namedValues returns a JSON Object with custom keys.
var jsonObj = e.namesValues;
/* e.namedValues returns data like this...
{
"test1": "testval1",
"test2": "testval2",
"test3": "testval3",
}
*/
for(item in respostas){
Logger.log(item); //Key
Logger.log(respostas[item]); //Value
}
This should let you access the key or value on the items in respostas.
The accepted answer is better as it does more to help the user to fix their exact problem, however, I will leave this here for future users in case they want to understand how to access the variables in the object that Google Apps Scripts returns.

Two javascript arrays, using a key to look up

I have two data structures (they are much longer, these are just excerpts)
var data = [
{count: 6, zip: "78705"},
{count: 4, zip: "78754"},
{count: 33, zip: "78757"}
]
var txcodes = [
{county: "SWISHER", code: "437"},
{county: "TARRANT", code: "439"},
{county: "TAYLOR", code: "441"},
{county: "TRAVIS", code: "453"}
]
I have written code that successfully goes through “data” and takes the zipcode and retrieves the corresponding county (from an external website via HTTP request). It returns a structure that looks like
results = {
TRAVIS: 8,
TAYLOR: 1
}
(8 and 1 are examples of counters for how many times a zipcode from data occurs…basically a running count).
What I need to do next is use the keys from results to look up what the corresponding code in txcodes is. How do I do this?
var currentCounty = str.result[0].County
returns the county from results.
console.log(txcodes[i].county + " " + txcodes[i].code)
prints the county & code from txcodes.
I’m a little confused on how to do this. It seems like a relatively simple concept but I can’t seem to get the desired result. Can someone please point me in the right direction?

If county names are unique and if you are going to be making repeated lookups, you should build a "map" of the codes out of the array:
var txcodesByCounty = txcodes.reduce(function(p, c) {
p[c.county] = c.code;
return p;
}, {});
You can then look up codes directly from this map.

Build a lookup map like this :
var lookupMap = {};
for (var i = 0; i < txcodes.length; i++) {
var element = txcodes[i];
lookupMap[element.county] = element;
}
Then you can simply do this to print the desired output :
console.log(lookupMap[currentCounty].county + " " + lookupMap[currentCounty].code);

If the county in your result is only available as a key, you'll need to for..in, Object.keys or Object.getOwnPropertyNames to access them.
After, access the details via a map as others have suggested
var county, found = [];
for (county in results)
found.push(map[county]);

So what you get back from your HTTP request is a simple object, and you need to access its property names. You can do that easily with Object.keys:
resultKeys = Object.keys(result);
This will give you an array of the object properties:
[ "TRAVIS", "TAYLOR" ]
You can easily iterate over this array now, and inside you ask your result object for its value:
for (var i = 0; i < resultKeys.length; i++) {
console.log(resultkeys[i] + ": " + result[resultkeys[i]]);
}
Using this technique, you can use for example underscore.js libary to easily filter for your desired data:
for (var i = 0; i < resultKeys.length; i++) {
console.log(_.filter(txcodes , function(key){ return txcodes.county== resultkeys[i]; }));
}

Is there a way to iterate and display the list of key value pairs of json using Handlebar.js

As Iam new to javascript, I found handleBar.js can be used to template with dynamic data.
I worked on a sample which worked fine and the json structure was simple and straight forward.
(function()
{
var wtsource = $("#some-template").html();
var wtTemplate = Handlebars.compile(wtsource);
var data = { users: [
{url: "index.html", name: "Home" },
{url: "aboutus.html", name: "About Us"},
{url: "contact.html", name: "Contact"}
]};
Handlebars.registerHelper('iter', function(context, options) {
var fn = options.fn, inverse = options.inverse;
var ret = "";
if(context && context.length > 0) {
for(var i=0, j=context.length; i<j; i++) {
ret = ret + fn($.extend({}, context[i], { i: i, iPlus1: i + 1 }));
}
} else {
ret = inverse(this);
}
return ret;
});
var temp=wtTemplate(data);
$("#content").html(temp);
})();
<script id="some-template" type="text/x-handlebars-template">
{{#iter users}}
<li>
{{name}}
</li>
{{/iter}}
</script>
How to iterate a json with the below structure ? Please do suggest the possible way for iterating and creating the template for the below json structure
var newData = { "NEARBY_LIST": {
"100": {
"RestaurantID": 100,
"ParentRestaurantID": 0,
"RestaurantName": "Chennai Tiffin",
"listTime": [{
"startTime": "10:00",
"closeTime": "23:30"
} ]
},
"101": {
"RestaurantID": 101,
"ParentRestaurantID": 0,
"RestaurantName": "Biriyani Factory",
"listTime": [{
"startTime": "11:00",
"closeTime": "22:00"
}]
}
}
};

Accessing the properties of an object has nothing to do with Handlebars. If you dealing with JSON and you wish to access it in general bracket or dot notation, you must first parse the JSON into a JavaScript object using the JSON.parse() function.
After this is done, you may access the properties as follows.
var property = newData['NEARBY_LIST']['100'].RestaurantName; // "Chennai Tiffin"
Here is a fiddle to illustrate.
http://jsfiddle.net/qzm0cygu/2/

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but if your question is how you can use/read the data in newData, try this:
newData = JSON.parse(newData); //parses the JSON into a JavaScript object
Then access the object like so:
newData.NEARBY_LIST //the object containing the array
newData.NEARBY_LIST[0] //the first item (key "100")
newData.NEARBY_LIST[1] //the second item (key "101")
newData.NEARBY_LIST[0][0] //the first field of the first item (key "RestaurantID", value "100")
newData.NEARBY_LIST[0][2] //the third field of the first item (key "RestaurantName", value "Chennai Tiffin")
newData.NEARBY_LIST[0][3][0] //the first field of the fourth field of the first item (key "startTime", value "11:00")
I hope this was what you were looking for.
EDIT: as Siddharth points out, the above structure does assume you have arrays. If you are not using arrays you can access the properties by using their names as if they're in an associative array (e.g. newData["NEARBY_LIST"]["100"]. The reason I say "properties" and "as if" is because technically JavaScript doesn't support associative arrays. Because they are technically properties you may also access them like newData.NEARBY_LIST (but I don't recommend that in this case as a property name may not start with a number, so you would have to use a mix of the different notations).
On that note, I would recommend using arrays because it makes so many things easier (length checks, for example), and there are practically no downsides.
EDIT2: also, I strongly recommend using the same camelcasing conventions throughout your code. The way you currently have it (with half your properties/variables starting with capitals (e.g. "RestaurantName", "RestaurantID") and the other half being in lowerCamelCase (e.g. "listTime", "startTime")) is just asking for people (you or colleagues) to make mistakes.

Looping to Parse JSON Data

Description and Goal:
Essentially data is constantly generated every 2 minutes into JSON data. What I need to do is retrieve the information from the supplied JSON data. The data will changed constantly. Once the information is parsed it needs to be captured into variables that can be used in other functions.
What I am stuck in is trying to figure out how to create a function with a loop that reassigns all of the data to stored variables that can later be used in functions.
Example information:
var json = {"data":
{"shop":[
{
"carID":"7",
"Garage":"7",
"Mechanic":"Michael Jamison",
"notificationsType":"repair",
"notificationsDesc":"Blown Head gasket and two rail mounts",
"notificationsDate":07/22/2011,
"notificationsTime":"00:02:18"
},
{
"CarID":"8",
"Garage":"7",
"Mechanic":"Tom Bennett",
"notificationsType":"event",
"notifications":"blown engine, 2 tires, and safety inspection",
"notificationsDate":"16 April 2008",
"notificationsTime":"08:26:24"
}
]
}};
function GetInformationToReassign(){
var i;
for(i=0; i<json.data.shop.length; i++)
{
//Then the data is looped, stored into multi-dimensional arrays that can be indexed.
}
}
So the ending result needs to be like this:
shop[0]={7,7,"Michael Jamison",repair,"Blown Head gasket and two rail mounts", 07/22/2011,00:02:18 }
shop[1]={}

You can loop through your JSON string using the following code,
var JSONstring=[{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"},{"key3":"value3"}];
for(var i=0;i<JSONstring.length;i++){
var obj = JSONstring[i];
for(var key in obj){
var attrName = key;
var attrValue = obj[key];
//based on the result create as you need
}
}
Hope this helps...

It sounds to me like you want to extract the data in the "shop" property of the JSON object so that you can easily reference all of the shop's items. Here is an example:
var json =
{
"data":
{"shop":
[
{"itemName":"car", "price":30000},
{"itemName":"wheel", "price":500}
]
}
},
inventory = [];
// Map the shop's inventory to our inventory array.
for (var i = 0, j = json.data.shop.length; i < j; i += 1) {
inventory[i] = json.data.shop[i];
}
// Example of using our inventory array
console.log( inventory[0].itemName + " has a price of $" + inventory[0].price);

Well, your output example is not possible. You have what is a list of things, but you're using object syntax.
What would instead make sense if you really want those items in a list format instead of key-value pairs would be this:
shop[0]=[7,7,"Michael Jamison",repair,"Blown Head gasket and two rail mounts", 07/22/2011,00:02:18]
For looping through properties in an object you can use something like this:
var properties = Array();
for (var propertyName in theObject) {
// Check if it’s NOT a function
if (!(theObject[propertyName] instanceof Function)) {
properties.push(propertyName);
}
}
Honestly though, I'm not really sure why you'd want to put it in a different format. The json data already is about as good as it gets, you can do shop[0]["carID"] to get the data in that field.

What's the best way to query an array in javascript to get just the items from it I want?

I have an array like this (with just over 3000 objects instead of the 3 here):
items = [{name:'charlie', age:'16'}, {name:'ben', age:'18'}, {name:'steve', age:'18'}]
What's the best way to return an array with just the objects of people who are 18? So I want:
items = [{name:'ben', age:'18'}, {name:'steve', age:'18'}]
The best I can think of is this (using jQuery):
newArray = []
$.each(items, function(index, item) {
if(item.age=='18') {
newArray.push(item)
}
})
Considering that there's 3000 thousand objects, and also that I'll be doing that comparison up to fifty times in one go, that's a lot of looping. Is there a better way?

You can use pure javascript
var wanted = items.filter( function(item){return (item.age==18);} );
And if your browser does not support the 1.6 version of javascript you can find an implementation of the filter method at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/filter
Update
Speedwise there is a huge varying (had an error in the test) difference from a normal loop (depending on browser).. Have a look at this little test i made at http://jsperf.com/array-filter-vs-loop/3

Get matched item and items using find() and filter() method
If you want first matched single item, use find() method which returns single object.
If you want all matched , use filter() method which returns array of objects.
let items = [{name:'charlie', age:'16'},
{name:'ben', age:'18'},
{name:'steve', age:'18'}]
let all = items.filter(item=> item.age==='18')
console.log(all);
let single = items.find(item=> item.age==='18')
console.log(single);

If you're going to do the search often it may be best to keep a version of your data in a form that is quick to access.
I've used underscore.js (http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/) to make it easy for myself, but this code here will create an object that holds your data indexed by the age field.
You end up with something that looks like this:
{
"16": [
{
"name": "charlie",
"age": "16"
}
],
"18": [
{
"name": "ben",
"age": "18"
},
{
"name": "steve",
"age": "18"
}
]
}
The code:
var itemsByAge = _(items).reduce(function(memo, item) {
memo[item.age] = memo[item.age] || [];
memo[item.age].push(item);
return memo;
}, {});
alert(JSON.stringify(itemsByAge["18"]));

No matter which method you choose (items.filter or any "query language" for json), a for loop is inevitable.
If performance is a concern, I would recommend you to use pure javascript instead of libraries like jQuery which will add overheads to the whole processing as is evident here.
Thus, your code would look like:
var newArray = [];
for(var i=0;i<items.length;i++) {
var item = items[i];
if(item.age == '18') {
newArray.push(item);
}
});

making use of javascript magnificent function eval() which evaluates string as code at runtime, we can define a prototype method for Array type
Array.prototype.where = function (query) {
var newArray = [];
for(var i=0; i<this.length; i++) {
var item = this[i];
if(eval( "item" + query )) {
newArray.push(item);
}
}
return newArray;
};
and use it with any array, passing the query as string
var newArray= items.where('.age >= 18');

Use the filter method of the array, it calls the provided callbackfunction once for each element in an array.
array.filter(<callbackfucntion>[, <Object to use>])

once i had such problem and i solved it like this
1- create an array of array
2- each index create an Index record
e.g.
var pAry=[];
var cAry=[{name:'ben', age:'18'}, {name:'steve', age:'18'}]
pAry[17]=cAry;
This way when u require person with age 18, you will get on index 17.