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

Good-old Array.prototype.reduce:

const selectable = {a: null, b: null};
const v = {a: true, b: 'yes', c: 4};

const r = Object.keys(selectable).reduce((a, b) => {
  return (a[b] = v[b]), a;
}, {});

console.log(r);

this answer uses the magical comma-operator, also: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Comma_Operator

if you want to get really fancy, this is more compact:

const r = Object.keys(selectable).reduce((a, b) => (a[b] = v[b], a), {});

Putting it all together into a reusable function:

const getSelectable = function (selectable, original) {
  return Object.keys(selectable).reduce((a, b) => (a[b] = original[b], a), {})
};

const r = getSelectable(selectable, v);
console.log(r);