How to group an array of objects by key

Question

Does anyone know of a (lodash if possible too) way to group an array of objects by an object key then create a new array of objects based on the grouping? For example, I hav

Answer 1

Here is a solution inspired from Collectors.groupingBy() in Java:

function groupingBy(list, keyMapper) {
  return list.reduce((accummalatorMap, currentValue) => {
    const key = keyMapper(currentValue);
    if(!accummalatorMap.has(key)) {
      accummalatorMap.set(key, [currentValue]);
    } else {
      accummalatorMap.set(key, accummalatorMap.get(key).push(currentValue));
    }
    return accummalatorMap;
  }, new Map());
}

This will give a Map object.

// Usage

const carMakers = groupingBy(cars, car => car.make);