CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptarraysobjectjavascript-objects
sun.sational
sun.sational

Reputation: 635

Convert an array of objects to array of the objects' values

I am trying to convert this array

let orders = [
  {  amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '80', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  {  amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
];

to something like this

orders = [
  ['100', 'admin', 'March 6, 2019'],
  ['120', 'admin', 'March 6, 2019'],
  ['80', 'admin', 'March 7, 2019'],
  ['200', 'admin', 'March 7, 2019'],
];

and I have read that Objects.values() returns the values in an array, so I tried to iterate through the order array by using forEach() and using the Object.values on each item in the array.

let newOrders = orders.forEach(order => {
  return Object.values(order);
});

I don't know if what I am doing is right and I am new to Javascript. Please help me.

Upvotes: 43

Views: 21464

Answers (8)

Vipul
Vipul

Reputation: 75

let orders = [{
    amount: '100',
    user: 'admin',
    date: 'March 6, 2019'
  },
  {
    amount: '120',
    user: 'admin',
    date: 'March 6, 2019'
  },
  {
    amount: '80',
    user: 'admin',
    date: 'March 7, 2019'
  },
  {
    amount: '200',
    user: 'admin',
    date: 'March 7, 2019'
  },
];

let array = []; //initializing array
orders.forEach((element) => { //using array function for call back
  for (var j in element) { //looping through each element of array
    array.push(element[j]); //pushing each value of object present inside the orders
  }
});
console.log(array); //array is ready

Upvotes: 0

Vipul
Vipul

Reputation: 75

let orders = [
  {  amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '80',  user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  {  amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
];

const result = orders.map(Object.values);

console.log(result)

Upvotes: 2

Mateusz Jabłoński
Mateusz Jabłoński

Reputation: 64

you can try this:

orders.map((order) => Object.values(order));

map will return you a new array, while forEach just do callback on each element of array

Upvotes: 1

ellipsis
ellipsis

Reputation: 12152

Using destructuring. Use this if property ordering (of the object) is required in the output

let orders = [
  {  amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '80', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  {  amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
];

console.log(orders.map(({amount,user,date})=>[amount,user,date]))

Use map and Object.values to get the values from the objects. This does not assure the order in the output will be the same as in the object Refer this

let orders = [
  {  amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '80', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  {  amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
];
console.log(orders.map(e=>Object.values(e)))

Upvotes: 22

Mohammad Usman
Mohammad Usman

Reputation: 39322

As order of values in array returned by Object.values() isn't guaranteed, you should consider use of .map() with some Object Destructuring. You can then extract object properties in separate variables and return them in desired order explicitly.

const data = [
  { amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  { amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  { amount: '80',  user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  { amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' }
];

const result = data.map(({ amount, user, date }) => [amount, user, date]);

console.log(result);
.as-console-wrapper { max-height: 100% !important; top: 0; }

Upvotes: 57

Conor O'Brien
Conor O'Brien

Reputation: 1027

A more robust solution, useful if you have many instances where you have these struct-like objects with different orders/keys. A functional approach, propsToArray takes a series of keys as individual parameters and returns a function which performs the desired transformation on the objects.

let orders = [
  {  amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '80',  user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  {  amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
];

// option 1
let propsToArray = function(...keys) {
    return function(obj) {
        return keys.map(key => obj[key]);
    }
};
// option 2
//  propsToArray = (...keys) => (obj) => keys.map(key => obj[key]);

// resulting function
let orderToArray = propsToArray("amount", "user", "date");

console.log(orders.map(orderToArray));

Upvotes: 0

Salman Arshad
Salman Arshad

Reputation: 272106

The order in which the object's properties are enumerated is not guaranteed (ref). The simplest solution is to explicitly specify the keys in the desired order:

let result = orders.map(order => [order.amount, order.user, order.date]);

Upvotes: 22

Khyati Sharma
Khyati Sharma

Reputation: 109

Simply use orders.map(Object.values)

let orders = [
  {  amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '80',  user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  {  amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
];

const result = orders.map(Object.values);

console.log(result)

Upvotes: 6

Related Questions