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ragulka
ragulka

Reputation: 4342

Construct object's square bracket notation from array values

Let's say I have an array with unknown number of values. For example: ['one', 'two', 'three'].

How can I construct a square bracket notation for an object from it? Basically, I need to create this: var result = myObject['one']['two']['three'].

They key here is to understand that there can be any number of values in the array and I just need to go n-levels deep into the object using these values.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 981

Answers (2)

Christoph
Christoph

Reputation: 51211

Short and precise with help of Array.reduce():

var o = { 'one': { 'two': { 'three': 'five' } } };
["one","two","three"].reduce(function(prev,cur){return prev[cur]},o);

reduce works from IE9 on.

Upvotes: 1

Blender
Blender

Reputation: 298166

You can use a loop:

var o = myObject;

for (var i = 0; i < yourArray.length; i++) {
    o = o[yourArray[i]];
}

Or with Array.reduce, which looks nicer but won't work in older browsers:

var o = {
    'one': {
        'two': {
            'three': 'four'
        }
    }
};

['one', 'two', 'three'].reduce(function(object, key) {
    return object[key];
}, o);

Upvotes: 4

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