How to get a subset of a javascript object's properties

Question

Say I have an object:

elmo = { 
  color: \'red\',
  annoying: true,
  height: \'unknown\',
  meta: { one: \'1\', two: \'2\'}
};

I want to m

Answer 1

If you are using ES6 there is a very concise way to do this using destructuring. Destructuring allows you to easily add on to objects using a spread, but it also allows you to make subset objects in the same way.

const object = {
  a: 'a',
  b: 'b',
  c: 'c',
  d: 'd',
}

// Remove "c" and "d" fields from original object:
const {c, d, ...partialObject} = object;
const subset = {c, d};

console.log(partialObject) // => { a: 'a', b: 'b'}
console.log(subset) // => { c: 'c', d: 'd'};