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robertrutenge
robertrutenge

Reputation: 678

how to group array of objects by value in reactjs / javascript

I have an array of object that have different values like

 items=[{id:1,category:"cat_1" , title:"My title 1"},{id:2,category:"cat_2" , title:"My title 2"},{id:6,category:"cat_1" , title:"Another title 1"},{id:1,category:"cat_3" , title:"My title 3"},{id:8,category:"cat_1" , title:"Third Title"},{id:2,category:"cat_2" , title:"Another title 2 "}]

I use array map to list the object and display them as 

     {
     items.map((item) => (
        <h1>{item.category}</h1>
        <p>{item.title}</p>
    ))}

My question is how do i iterate the item so as it groups the items by category as follows

cat_1
- My title 1
- Another title 1
- My title 3

cat_2
- My title 2
- Another title 2

cat_3
-Third Title

Upvotes: 10

Views: 36870

Answers (4)

Brimby
Brimby

Reputation: 912

Readability is important, but for anyone who's looking for a one-liner:

const groupedItems = items.reduce((ob, item) => ({...ob, [item.category]: [...ob[item.category] ?? [], item]}), {})

Upvotes: 0

Aaron Rumery
Aaron Rumery

Reputation: 562

I use lodash in a lot of projects as a general utility belt. If you decide to do something similar -- it would be simple as:

const data = [{
  id: 1,
  category: "cat_1",
  title: "My title 1"
}, {
  id: 2,
  category: "cat_2",
  title: "My title 2"
}, {
  id: 6,
  category: "cat_1",
  title: "Another title 1"
}, {
  id: 1,
  category: "cat_3",
  title: "My title 3"
}, {
  id: 8,
  category: "cat_1",
  title: "Third Title"
}, {
  id: 2,
  category: "cat_2",
  title: "Another title 2 "
}];

const groups = _.groupBy(data,  'category');

console.log(groups);
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/lodash.min.js"></script>

Upvotes: 5

seethrough
seethrough

Reputation: 742

I would make CertainPerformance's answer a bit more concise:

    const items = [{
      id: 1,
      category: "cat_1",
      title: "My title 1"
    }, {
      id: 2,
      category: "cat_2",
      title: "My title 2"
    }, {
      id: 6,
      category: "cat_1",
      title: "Another title 1"
    }, {
      id: 1,
      category: "cat_3",
      title: "My title 3"
    }, {
      id: 8,
      category: "cat_1",
      title: "Third Title"
    }, {
      id: 2,
      category: "cat_2",
      title: "Another title 2 "
    }];
    const cats = items.reduce((catMemo, { category, title }) => {
      (catMemo[category] = catMemo[category] || []).push(title);
      return catMemo;
    }, {});
    console.log(cats);

Upvotes: 2

CertainPerformance
CertainPerformance

Reputation: 370769

Use .reduce:

const items = [{
  id: 1,
  category: "cat_1",
  title: "My title 1"
}, {
  id: 2,
  category: "cat_2",
  title: "My title 2"
}, {
  id: 6,
  category: "cat_1",
  title: "Another title 1"
}, {
  id: 1,
  category: "cat_3",
  title: "My title 3"
}, {
  id: 8,
  category: "cat_1",
  title: "Third Title"
}, {
  id: 2,
  category: "cat_2",
  title: "Another title 2 "
}];
const cats = items.reduce((catsSoFar, { category, title }) => {
  if (!catsSoFar[category]) catsSoFar[category] = [];
  catsSoFar[category].push(title);
  return catsSoFar;
}, {});
console.log(cats);

Upvotes: 29

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