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How to simplify this delete from array jQuery

I have an object and an array of categories that should be kept in the object. This snip https://jsfiddle.net/h10rkb6s/2/ ( see log ) works but I cant seems to shake the idea that it is to complicated for a simple search and keep task.
var thz_icon_source = {"Spinners":["spinnericon1","spinnericon2"],"Awesome":["awesomeicon1","awesomeicon2"],"Others":["othericon1","othericon2"]};
var $categories = '["Spinners","Awesome"]';
var $CatsArray = JSON.parse($categories);
var groups = [];
for(var k in thz_icon_source) groups.push(k);
$.each($CatsArray,function(i,keep){
var index = groups.indexOf(keep);
if (index !== -1) {
groups.splice(index, 1);
}
});
for (var i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
delete thz_icon_source[groups[i]];
}
I tried with
$.each(thz_icon_source,function(category,icons){
$.each($CatsArray,function(i,keep){
var index = category.indexOf(keep);
if (index !== -1) {
delete thz_icon_source[category];
}
});
});
but this works only if 1 item is inside my search array.
Any help is appreciated.

There's no need to iterate over $CatsArray to find out which ones should be deleted. You will need to iterate over the keys of the object, and find out for each of them whether it should be deleted, to filter by that.
Leaving the top 3 lines of your script intact, you could simplify to
var keysToDelete = Object.keys(thz_icon_source).filter(function(groupName) {
return $CatsArray.indexOf(groupName) == -1;
});
($.grep would be the jQuery-ism for the filter method, if you are into that).
But assuming we don't even need those groups in an array, you could simply do
for (var groupName in thz_icon_source)
if ($CatsArray.indexOf(groupName) == -1)
delete thz_icon_source[groupName];
However, instead of deleting items from that object, I'd recommend to create a new object with only those that you want to keep. It's much easier to use:
var kept = {};
for (var i=0; i<$CatsArray.length; i++)
kept[$CatsArray[i]] = thz_icon_source[$CatsArray[i]];

Getting value from json/javascript array of name/value pairs?

I have a JSON array of name/value pairs and I'm looking at a sensible way to be able to adjust the value for a particular name in the array. e.g.
var myArr = [{"name":"start","value":1},{"name":"end","value":15},{"name":"counter","value":"6"},{"name":"user","value":"Bert"}]
I can use
$.each(myArr, function (key, pair) {
if (pair.name == 'user')
{
pair.value = 'bob';
}
});
but in reality my object has tens of values and I would like to be able to change them much more simply than adding an if for each one.
Ideally myArr['user'].value = 'bob'; or something similar.

You have an array of objects in an array. An array does not have any indexing method that gives you direct lookup like you asked for;
myArr['user'].value = 'bob';
To get that, you would need to restructure your data so that you had an object where the name was the main key and inside that key was another object with the rest of your data for that user like this:
var myData = {
"start": {value: 1},
"end": {value: 15},
"user": {value: Bert}
};
The, you could directly access by name as in:
myData['user'].value = 'bob;
If you wanted to stick with your existing data structure, then the simplest thing I can think of is to make a simple function that finds the right object:
function findUser(data, nameToFind) {
var item;
for (var i = 0; i < myArr.length; i++) {
item = nameToFind[i];
if (item.name === nameToFind) {
return item;
}
}
}
var myArr = [{"name":"start","value":1},{"name":"end","value":15},{"name":"counter","value":"6"},{"name":"user","value":"Bert"}]
Then, you could do something like this:
findUser(myArr, "user").value = "bob";
This assumes you're only looking for data that is in the array because otherwise, this will create an error unless you add error checking to it.
If you just really want to turn the whole thing into a function that finds and changes the name, it can be like this:
function changeUser(data, nameToFind, newName) {
var item;
for (var i = 0; i < myArr.length; i++) {
item = nameToFind[i];
if (item.name === nameToFind) {
item.name = newName;
return;
}
}
}

I will award the points for the best answer, but I actually solved it a completely different way:
First build up a list of "names" in the order they appear:
var keys = [];
$.each(myArr, function (key, pair) {
keys.push(pair.name);
});
then I can use:
myArr[keys.indexOf('sEcho')].value = 'whatever';

Try This
$.grep(myArr,function(e){return e.name=="user"})[0].value="ppp"
You can use the $.greb() of jquery.

Add this function:
function SetArrayValue(arr, key, value, stopOnFirstMatch) {
for (var i=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
if (arr[i].name === key) {
arr[i].value = value
if (stopOnFirstMatch !== undefined && stopOnFirstMatch) return
}
}
}
Then use it this way:
SetArrayValue(myArr, 'user', 'bob')

Find specific key value in array of objects

This is the code:
var groups = {
"JSON":{
"ARRAY":[
{"id":"fq432v45","name":"Don't use me."},
{"id":"qb45657s","name":"Use me."}
]
}
}
I want to get the name value where the id is "qb45657s" how could this be accomplished? I figured the obvious loop through all of the array and check if it's equal but is there an easier way?
Edit: I cannot change "Array" to an object because I need to know the length of it for a different function.

You can simply filter on the given id:
groups["JSON"]["ARRAY"].filter(function(v){ return v["id"] == "qb45657s"; });
This will return [{"id":"qb45657s","name":"Use me."}]

Assuming you had a valid JSON string like this (note I say valid, because you need an enclosing {} or [] to make it valid):
var json = '{"JSON":{
"ARRAY":[
{"id":"fq432v45","name":"Don't use me."},
{"id":"qb45657s","name":"Use me."}
]
}
}';
You would just parse it into an actual object like this:
var jsonObj = JSON.parse(json); // makes string in actual object you can work with
var jsonArray = jsonObj.JSON.ARRAY; // gets array you are interested in
And then search for it like:
var needle = 'qb45657s';
var needleName;
for (var i = 0; i < jsonArray.length; i++) {
if (jsonArray[i].id === needle) {
needleName = jsonArray[i].name;
}
}

jquery split() issue

Hopefully this is easy for someone.
I have a set of checkboxes with values 1,2,3 etc with the same name attribute (cp_bundle).
I use the following code to get a comma-delimited list of those checkboxes.
var hl_calling_plan_bundle = $('input[name="cp_bundle"]:checked').getCheckboxVal() || "";
jQuery.fn.getCheckboxVal = function(){
var vals = [];
var i = 0;
this.each(function(){
vals[i++] = jQuery(this).val();
});
return vals;
}
if I check the first and third checkboxes, the following will be returned:
1,3
Then, I want to run a test to see whether a particular value (e.g. "3") exists in the the returned variable
But, I can't get past the split of the variable using the following:
var aCallingBundle = hl_calling_plan_bundle.split(",");
This gives the error:
hl_calling_plan_bundle.split is not a function
Any idea what's going on?

hl_calling_plan_bundle is an array. You have to use array operations on it, not string operations.
If you want to know if the value 3 is in the array, then you have to search the array for it. There are many ways to search an array, but since you have jQuery, it's easy to use the .inArray() function:
var index = $.inArray(3, hl_calling_plan_bundle);
if (index != 1) {
// found 3 in the array at index
}
Incidentally, you may want to simplify your function like this:
jQuery.fn.getCheckboxVal = function(){
var vals = [];
this.each(function(){
vals.push(this.value);
});
return vals;
}
or this way:
jQuery.fn.getCheckboxVal = function(){
return(this.map(function(){return(this.value)}).get());
}

split() is a String method, it does not exist on an Array.
When you say the following is returned 1,3, you may be implicitly calling the String's toString() method, which will by default join() the array members with a comma. If you explicitly called toString(), then you could call split(), but that would be an anti pattern.

You don't need to split the string, you can just use RegEx to search:
var str = '1,3,22,5';
/\b1\b/.test(str); // true
/\b2\b/.test(str); // false
/\b3\b/.test(str); // true
/\b5\b/.test(str); // true
/\b22\b/.test(str); // true
Making it a function:
String.prototype.findVal = function(val){
var re = new RegExp('\\b' + val + '\\b');
re.lastIndex = 0;
return re.test(this);
};
str.findVal(2); // false
str.findVal(22); // true

To get the checkboxes:
var cbs = document.getElementsByName('cp_bundle');
To get arrays of all values and the checked values:
var allValues = [];
var checkedValues = [];
for (var i=0, iLen=cbs.length; i<iLen; i++) {
if (cbs[i].checked) checkedValues.push(cbs[i].value);
allValues[i] = cbs[i].value;
}

Remove element from list - JQuery/JavaScript

I have a list like this in a div:
<div id="x">5,2,3,1,4,9,8</div>
How do I simply remove a given element from this list?
JQuery or JavaScript may be used.
Please note that the numbers in the list are unique and they are coming in from a database of type int(11), they are not in any sort of order.
Any help appreciated guys...

First, get the text:
var text=$("#x").text();
Then split it:
var items=text.split(',');
If there's no items, you'll have an empty string as the only element of the array. If so, empty the array:
if(items.length==1&&items[0]=="") {
items=[];
}
Now convert everything to an integer: (note that this step isn't actually required, but if you're doing anything else with items, it's nice to have)
items=items.map(function(str) { return parseInt(str, 10); });
Put the item you want to remove in a variable:
var itemToRemove=3;
Find that in the array:
var index=items.indexOf(itemToRemove);
If it was found, splice it out of the array:
if(index!==-1) {
items.splice(index, 1);
}
Join the items back together:
text=items.join(',');
Put it back in the element:
$("#x").text(text);

Try this with toRemove equal to 5, 3, or 8 to see that it works for all cases:
var toRemove = 3; // the number you want to remove
$('#x').text($('#x').text().replace(new RegExp(toRemove + ',?'
+ '|,?' + toRemove + '$'), ''));
See example →

Using jQuery's grep-method may be an option too:
var toRemove=1;
$('#x').text( $.grep($('#x').text().split(','),
function (a) { return a != toRemove; }).join(','));
To remove multiple items:
var toRemove=[1,8,3];
$('#x').text( $.grep($('#x').text().split(','),
function (a) { return $.inArray(Number(a),toRemove)<0; })
.join(','));
(But I would prefer a RegExp-solution, it should be much faster)

This is a simple solution that just requires jquery.
function removeFromDiv(which)
{
var data = $("#x").html();
data_arr = data.split(",");
for (var i = 0; i < data_arr.length; i++)
{
if (data_arr[i] == which)
{
data_arr.splice(i, 1);
data = data_arr.join(",");
}
}
$("#x").html(data);
}
then simply run:
removeFromDiv("4");

Doesn't really need to be much harder than this:
function removeIndexFromX(index) {
// Build array from comma-delimited content
var arr = $("#x").text().split(',');
// Remove index (zero-based)
arr.splice(index, 1);
// Replace
$("#x").text(arr.join(','));
}
function removeNumberFromX(num) {
var arr = $("#x").text().split(',');
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (arr[i] === num) {
arr.splice(i, 1);
}
}
$("#x").text(arr.join(','));
}
The benefit of split and join is that you can use those to manage delimiters (e.g. commas) for you.