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How can I use number as key?

I have ids like as numbers 374,242,435
I want to use this as key of hash for the object.
var json = [];
ids = [374,242,435];
for(let i in ids) {
var id = ids[i];
json[id] = []; // it makes 372 array!!!
json[id]['name'] = name;
json[id]['color'] = color;
}
Can I make object using number as key????
This is my silly mistake
I just changed var json = []; -> var json = {}; it works.
and thank you for your comments.

let json = {};
let ids = [374,242,435];
for(let i in ids) {
let id = ids[i];
json[id] = {
name: 'some name',
color: '#ff0000'
};
}
EDIT: A better version
let json = {};
let ids = [374,242,435];
ids.forEach((id) => {
json[id] = {
name: 'some name',
color: '#ff0000'
};
});

You can use Map to store key-value pair. In Map, key will not just be string.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map

var json = {};
var ids = [374,242,435];
for(const i of ids) {
json[i] : {
name : 'name',
color : '#colorcode'
}
}

push only unique elements in an array

I have array object(x) that stores json (key,value) objects. I need to make sure that x only takes json object with unique key. Below, example 'id' is the key, so i don't want to store other json objects with 'item1' key.
x = [{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},{"id":"item1","val":"Items"}]
var clickId = // could be "item1", "item2"....
var found = $.inArray(clickId, x); //
if(found >=0)
{
x.splice(found,1);
}
else{
x.push(new Item(clickId, obj)); //push json object
}

would this accomplish what you're looking for? https://jsfiddle.net/gukv9arj/3/
x = [
{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},
{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},
{"id":"item2","val":"Items"}
];
var clickId = [];
var list = JSON.parse(x);
$.each(list, function(index, value){
if(clickId.indexOf(value.id) === -1){
clickId.push(value.id);
}
});

You can't use inArray() because you are searching for an object.
I'd recommend rewriting a custom find using Array.some() as follows.
var x = [{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},{"id":"item1","val":"Items"}]
var clickId = "item1";
var found = x.some(function(value) {
return value.id === clickId;
});
alert(found);

Almost 6 years later i ended up in this question, but i needed to fill a bit more complex array, with objects. So i needed to add something like this.
var values = [
{value: "value1", selected: false},
{value: "value2", selected: false}
//there cannot be another object with value = "value1" within the collection.
]
So I was looking for the value data not to be repeated (in an object's array), rather than just the value in a string's array, as required in this question. This is not the first time i think in doing something like this in some JS code.
So i did the following:
let valueIndex = {};
let values = []
//I had the source data in some other and more complex array.
for (const index in assetsArray)
{
const element = assetsArray[index];
if (!valueIndex[element.value])
{
valueIndex[element.value] = true;
values.push({
value: element.value,
selected: false
});
}
}
I just use another object as an index, so the properties in an object will never be repated. This code is quite easy to read and surely is compatible with any browser. Maybe someone comes with something better. You are welcome to share!
Hopes this helps someone else.

JS objects are great tools to use for tracking unique items. If you start with an empty object, you can incrementally add keys/values. If the object already has a key for a given item, you can set it to some known value that is use used to indicate a non-unique item.
You could then loop over the object and push the unique items to an array.
var itemsObj = {};
var itemsList = [];
x = [{"id":"item1","val":"foo"},
{"id":"item2","val":"bar"},
{"id":"item1","val":"baz"},
{"id":"item1","val":"bez"}];
for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
var item = x[i];
if (itemsObj[item.id]) {
itemsObj[item.id] = "dupe";
}
else {
itemsObj[item.id] = item;
}
}
for (var myKey in itemsObj) {
if (itemsObj[myKey] !== "dupe") {
itemsList.push(itemsObj[myKey]);
}
}
console.log(itemsList);
See a working example here: https://jsbin.com/qucuso
If you want a list of items that contain only the first instance of an id, you can do this:
var itemsObj = {};
var itemsList = [];
x = [{"id":"item1","val":"foo"},
{"id":"item2","val":"bar"},
{"id":"item1","val":"baz"},
{"id":"item1","val":"bez"}];
for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
var item = x[i];
if (!itemsObj[item.id]) {
itemsObj[item.id] = item;
itemsList.push(item);
}
}
console.log(itemsList);

This is late but I did something like the following:
let MyArray = [];
MyArray._PushAndRejectDuplicate = function(el) {
if (this.indexOf(el) == -1) this.push(el)
else return;
}
MyArray._PushAndRejectDuplicate(1); // [1]
MyArray._PushAndRejectDuplicate(2); // [1,2]
MyArray._PushAndRejectDuplicate(1); // [1,2]

This is how I would do it in pure javascript.
var x = [{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},{"id":"item1","val":"Items"},{"id":"item1","val":"Items"}];
function unique(arr, comparator) {
var uniqueArr = [];
for (var i in arr) {
var found = false;
for (var j in uniqueArr) {
if (comparator instanceof Function) {
if (comparator.call(null, arr[i], uniqueArr[j])) {
found = true;
break;
}
} else {
if (arr[i] == uniqueArr[j]) {
found = true;
break;
}
}
}
if (!found) {
uniqueArr.push(arr[i]);
}
}
return uniqueArr;
};
u = unique(x, function(a,b){ return a.id == b.id; });
console.log(u);
y = [ 1,1,2,3,4,5,5,6,1];
console.log(unique(y));

Create a very readable solution with lodash.
x = _.unionBy(x, [new Item(clickId, obj)], 'id');

let x = [{id:item1,data:value},{id:item2,data:value},{id:item3,data:value}]
let newEle = {id:newItem,data:value}
let prev = x.filter(ele=>{if(ele.id!=new.id)return ele);
newArr = [...prev,newEle]

Converting js array into dictionary map

I have this array:
["userconfig", "general", "name"]
and I would like it to look like this
data_structure["userconfig"]["general"]["name"]
I have tried this function:
inputID = "userconfig-general-name"
function GetDataByID(inputID){
var position = '';
for (var i = 0; i < inputID.length; i++) {
var hirarchy = inputID[i].split('-');
for (var index = 0; index < hirarchy.length; index++) {
position += '["'+ hirarchy[index] +'"]';
}
}
return data_structure[position];
}
while hirarchy is the array. I get the [position] as a string which is not working well.
how can I make a js function which builds the object path dynamically by an array?

var arr = ["userconfig", "general", "name"];
var dataStructure = arr.reduceRight(function (value, key) {
var obj = {};
obj[key] = value;
return obj;
}, 'myVal');
Ends up as:
{ userconfig : { general : { name : 'myVal' } } }
Note that you may need a polyfill for the reduceRight method: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/ReduceRight

The below function will take an object to modify and an array filled with the properties needed:
function objPath(obj,path){
path.forEach(function(item){
obj[item] = {};
obj = obj[item];
});
}
var myobj = {};
objPath(myobj,["test","test2","test3"]);
console.log(myobj);
//outputs
Object {test: Object}
test: Object
test2: Object
test3: Object
The function loops over the array creating the new object property as a new object. It then puts a reference to the new object into obj so that the next property on the new object can be made.
JSFiddle

Recursive function
var array = ["userconfig", "general", "name"];
function toAssociative(array) {
var index = array.shift();
var next = null;
if (array.length > 0) {
next = toAssociative(array);
}
var result = new Array();
result[index] = next;
return result;
}

Create child objects from parent with same property values [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
How to put items into grouped arrays where grouped by a particular key
(3 answers)
Closed 9 years ago.
I have a parent object. I want to create child objects from the parent with the same key value pair.
e.g.
parentJSON = {[name:"a1",address:"b1",comp:"c1"],
[name:"a2",address:"b2",comp:"c1"],
[name:"a3",address:"b3",comp:"c2"],
[name:"a4",address:"b4",comp:"c2"],
[name:"a5",address:"b5",comp:"c2"],
[name:"a6",address:"b6",comp:"c3"]}
Now I want to create child objects having same "comp" value.
e.g.
childJSON1 = {[name:"a1",address:"b1",comp:"c1"],
[name:"a2",address:"b2",comp:"c1"]}
childJSON2 = {[name:"a3",address:"b3",comp:"c2"],
[name:"a4",address:"b4",comp:"c2"],
[name:"a5",address:"b5",comp:"c2"]}
childJSON3 = {[name:"a6",address:"b6",comp:"c3"]}
This is what I tried to make it little bit (it will change the parent object with a key indicating number of repetition):
parentJSON = [1,2,3,3,4,4,4,5];
var i=0, x, count, item;
while(i < parentJSON.length) {
count = 1;
item = parentJSON[i];
x = i+1;
while(x < parentJSON.length &&
(x = parentJSON.indexOf(item, x)) != -1) {
count += 1;
parentJSON.splice(x,1);
}
parentJSON[i] = new Array(parentJSON[i],count);
++i;
}
console.log(parentJSON);`

first of all your json is in the incorrect format, it should look like this
[{name:"a1",address:"b1",comp:"c1"},
{name:"a2",address:"b2",comp:"c1"},
{name:"a3",address:"b3",comp:"c2"},
{name:"a4",address:"b4",comp:"c2"},
{name:"a5",address:"b5",comp:"c2"},
{name:"a6",address:"b6",comp:"c3"}]
An array of objects.
My attempt, also very readable.
var result = {};
$.each(parentJSON, function (i, item) {
if(!result[item.comp]) {
result[item.comp] = [];
}
(result[item.comp]).push(item);
});
alert(JSON.stringify(result))
JsFiddle

First of all your json is actually invalid. You may have an array of objects, but not object which contains an array like that. Also your arrays looks more like objects, because the syntax with the dots is used for objects. Here is how I guess should look like:
var parentJSON = [
[{name:"a1",address:"b1",comp:"c1"}],
[{name:"a2",address:"b2",comp:"c1"}],
[{name:"a3",address:"b3",comp:"c2"}],
[{name:"a4",address:"b4",comp:"c2"}],
[{name:"a5",address:"b5",comp:"c2"}],
[{name:"a6",address:"b6",comp:"c3"}]
];
var child1 = parentJSON.slice(0, 2);
var child2 = parentJSON.slice(2, 5);
And you may use the .slice method to get specific elements of the array.

So..you need to clone objects?
maybe tou can try sth like this:
var sergi= {
name: "sergi",
age: 33
};
var bill = (JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(sergi)));
bill.name = "Bill";
console.log(sergi);
console.log(bill);

parentJSON = function(){
return [
{name:"a1",address:"b1",comp:"c1"},
{name:"a2",address:"b2",comp:"c1"},
{name:"a3",address:"b3",comp:"c2"},
{name:"a4",address:"b4",comp:"c2"},
{name:"a5",address:"b5",comp:"c2"},
{name:"a6",address:"b6",comp:"c3"}
];
}
childJSON1 = new parentJSON().slice(0,2);
childJSON2 = new parentJSON().slice(2,5);
childJSON3 = new parentJSON().slice(5,6);

Try this:
DEMO
var data = [
[{name:"a1",address:"b1",comp:"c1"}],
[{name:"a2",address:"b2",comp:"c1"}],
[{name:"a3",address:"b3",comp:"c2"}],
[{name:"a4",address:"b4",comp:"c2"}],
[{name:"a5",address:"b5",comp:"c2"}],
[{name:"a6",address:"b6",comp:"c3"}]
];
var groups = {};
$.each(data, function(i, item) {
var comp = item.comp;
delete item.comp;
if(groups[comp]) {
groups[comp].push(item);
} else {
groups[comp] = [item];
}
});
var result = $.map(data, function(group, key) {
var obj = {};
obj[key] = group;
return obj;
});
alert(JSON.stringify(groups))

How to convert an array of objects into a mapped object in JavaScript?

How can I convert something like initialArray array of JSON objects into finalObject map?
var initialArray = [
{ id:'id1', name:'name1' },
{ id:'id2', name:'name2' },
{ id:'id3', name:'name3' },
{ id:'id4', name:'name4' }
];
var finalObject = {
'id1':'name1',
'id2':'name2',
'id3':'name3',
'id4':'name4'
}
Things to consider:
IDs are strings.
I tried for in loop - couldn't make it to work - http://jsfiddle.net/5af9R/23/
Any ideas?

You need to operate on the objects in your array, not strings containing their indexes in the array.
You should also use a regular for loop to iterate over an array.
Your JSFiddle, fixed:
var x = [ {id:'1', img:'img1'}, {id:'2', img:'img2'}, {id:'3', img:'img3'} ];
var resp = {};
for( var i = 0 ; i < x.length ; i++ ){
var obj = x[i];
resp[obj.id] = obj.img;
}
document.write( JSON.stringify(resp, undefined, 2) );
​

DEMO
You can loop over the array, and for each object, add a new property to finalObject whose property name is the id, and whose value is the name.
var finalObject = {};
for (var i = 0, max = initialArray.length; i < max; i++)
finalObject[initialArray[i].id] = initialArray[i].name;

resp[key.id] = key.img;
You correctly call it key. But you need a value;
resp[x[key].id] = x[key].img;

var finalObject = initialArray.reduce(function(ret, obj){
ret[obj.id] = obj.name;
return ret;
}, {});
This solution is specific to the property names for the specific question, but Array.prototype.reduce is a function I use all the time for any sort of array iteration that requires a non-array result.

You're not using For In correctly jsFiddle
var x = [ {id:'1', img:'img1'}, {id:'2', img:'img2'}, {id:'3', img:'img3'} ];
var resp = {};
for( var key in x ){
resp['id' + x[key].id] = x[key].img;
}
document.write( JSON.stringify(resp, undefined, 2) );
​

for (var i=0; i<x.length; i++) {
var id = 'id' + x[i].id;
var img = x[i].img;
resp[id] = img;
}

if i have understood correctly you can do something like
var x =' [ {"id":"1", "img":"img1"}, {"id":"2", "img":"img2"}, {"id":"3", "img":"img3"}]';
var resp = {};
var json = $.parseJSON(x);
$(json).each(function(i,v){
resp[v.id]=v.img;
});
console.log( resp);
DEMO
you talked about json but in the fiddle you provided there was no json even jquery was not added as a resource so i made some assumptions

Today I was on the same question and I didn't find an answer here, except the answer of #adam-rackis.
The way I found is :
var initialArray = [
{ id:'id1', name:'name1' },
{ id:'id2', name:'name2' },
{ id:'id3', name:'name3' },
{ id:'id4', name:'name4' }
],
finalObject = {};
$.each(initialArray, function(k,v) {
finalObject[v.name] = v.value;
});