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tim peterson
tim peterson

Reputation: 24305

Rename the property names and change the values of multiple objects

In the object below, I'd like to change the property name, thumb, to thumbnail. I'd also like to change the values of the title to include <span> tags.

Here's my object:

var data = [{
    thumb: '/images/01.png',
    title: 'My title',
},{
    thumb: '/images/02.png',
    title: 'My title',
},{
    thumb: '/images/03.png',
    title: 'My title',
}];

here's how I'd like it to look:

var data = [{
    thumbnail: '/images/01.png',
    title: '<span class="red">title 1</span>',
},{
    thumbnail: '/images/02.png',
    title: '<span class="red">title 2</span>',
},{
    thumbnail: '/images/03.png',
    title: '<span class="red">title 3</span>',
}];

Here's what I've tried which doesn't work:

 var i=0, count=data.length;
   for (i=0;i<=count;i++){
    data[i].thumbnail=data[i].thumb;
    data[i].title="<span class='red'>"+data[i].title+"<span>";
   }

Upvotes: 9

Views: 28787

Answers (3)

meni181818
meni181818

Reputation: 1101

I have created a nice function to rename properties names: https://github.com/meni181818/simpleCloneJS/blob/master/renameProperties.js

example:

var sourceObj = {
    foo: 'this is foo',
    bar: {baz: 'this is baz',
          qux: 'this is qux'}
};
//                                the source, rename list
var replacedObj = renameProperties(sourceObj, {foo: 'foooo', qux: 'quxxxx'});
// replacedObj output => {
        foooo: 'this is foo',
        bar: {baz: 'this is baz',
              quxxxx: 'this is qux'}
    };

Since you are using Jquery you can use $.each function inside this function:

function renameProperties(sourceObj, replaceList, destObj) {
    destObj = destObj || {};
    $.each(sourceObj, function(key) {
        if(sourceObj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            if(sourceObj[key] instanceof Array) {
                if(replaceList[key]) {
                    var newName = replaceList[key];
                    destObj[newName] = [];
                    renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[newName]);
                } else if(!replaceList[key]) {
                    destObj[key] = [];
                    renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[key]);
                }
            } else if(typeof sourceObj[key] === 'object') {
                if(replaceList[key]) {
                    var newName = replaceList[key];
                    destObj[newName] = {};
                    renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[newName]);
                } else if(!replaceList[key]) {
                    destObj[key] = {};
                    renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[key]);
                }
            } else {
                if(replaceList[key]) {
                    var newName = replaceList[key];
                    destObj[newName] = sourceObj[key];
                } else if(!replaceList[key]) {
                    destObj[key] = sourceObj[key];
                }
            }
        }
    });
    return destObj;
}

demo: http://jsfiddle.net/g2jzse5k/

Upvotes: 2

lbstr
lbstr

Reputation: 2832

This seems to do the trick: 

function changeData(data){
    var title;
    for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++){
        if(data[i].hasOwnProperty("thumb")){
            data[i]["thumbnail"] = data[i]["thumb"];
            delete data[i]["thumb"];
        }

        if(data[i].hasOwnProperty("title")){ //added missing closing parenthesis
            title = data[i].title;
            data[i].title = '<span class="red">' + title + '</span>';
        }
    }
}

changeData(data);

EDIT:

I tried to make the function generic, but since you updated your answer to do very specific things, I've added the business logic to the function.

Upvotes: 21

James Allardice
James Allardice

Reputation: 165981

You can iterate over the array, set a new property in each object, and delete the old property:

data.forEach(function(e) {
   e.thumbnail = e.thumb;
   delete e.thumb;    
});

Here's a working example (check the output in the console).

Obviously you'll want to use a polyfill for Array.prototype.forEach if you want to support older browsers (there's one in the MDN article I linked to above, or you could just use a normal for loop).

Upvotes: 10

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