diff --git a/snippets/unflattenObject.md b/snippets/unflattenObject.md index 5b7e10447..bbe11292c 100644 --- a/snippets/unflattenObject.md +++ b/snippets/unflattenObject.md @@ -5,29 +5,30 @@ tags: object,advanced Unflatten an object with the paths for keys. -- Use `Object.keys(obj)` combined with `Array.prototype.reduce()` to convert flattened path node to a leaf node. -- If the value of a key contains a dot delimiter (`.`), use `Array.prototype.split('.')`, string transformations and `JSON.parse()` to create an object, then `Object.assign()` to create the leaf node. -- Otherwise, add the appropriate key-value pair to the accumulator object. +- Use nested `Array.prototype.reduce()` to convert the flat path to a leaf node. +- Use `String.prototype.split('.')` to split each key with a dot delimiter and `Array.prototype.reduce()` to add objects against the keys. +- If the current accumulator already contains a value against a particular key, return its value as the next accumulator. +- Otherwise, add the appropriate key-value pair to the accumulator object and return the value as the accumulator. ```js const unflattenObject = obj => - Object.keys(obj).reduce((acc, k) => { - if (k.indexOf('.') !== -1) { - const keys = k.split('.'); - Object.assign( - acc, - JSON.parse( - '{' + - keys.map((v, i) => (i !== keys.length - 1 ? `"${v}":{` : `"${v}":`)).join('') + - obj[k] + - '}'.repeat(keys.length) - ) - ); - } else acc[k] = obj[k]; - return acc; + Object.keys(obj).reduce((res, k) => { + k.split('.').reduce( + (acc, e, i, keys) => + acc[e] || + (acc[e] = isNaN(Number(keys[i + 1])) + ? keys.length - 1 === i + ? obj[k] + : {} + : []), + res + ); + return res; }, {}); ``` ```js unflattenObject({ 'a.b.c': 1, d: 1 }); // { a: { b: { c: 1 } }, d: 1 } +unflattenObject({ 'a.b': 1, 'a.c': 2, d: 3 }); // { a: { b: 1, c: 2 }, d: 3 } +unflattenObject({ 'a.b.0': 8, d: 3 }) //{ a: { b: [ 8 ] }, d: 3 } ```