group array of objects by id

Question

I am trying to loop through a array ob objects and group the items of the array into new arrays that have matching id:

API example:

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Answer 1

group array of objects by id

//Create a javascript array of objects containing key value pairs id, post 
var api_array = [ 
       {id: 1, postcode: '10'}, 
       {id: 1, postcode: '11'}, 
       {id: 2, postcode: '20'}, 
       {id: 2, postcode: '21'}, 
       {id: 2, postcode: '22'}, 
       {id: 3, postcode: '30'} 
   ];  
//result is a javascript array containing the groups grouped by id. 
let result = []; 

//javascript array has a method foreach that enumerates keyvalue pairs. 
api_array.forEach(  
    r => { 
        //if an array index by the value of id is not found, instantiate it. 
        if( !result[r.id] ){  
            //result gets a new index of the value at id. 
            result[r.id] = []; 
        } 
        //push that whole object from api_array into that list 
        result[r.id].push(r); 
    }   
); 
console.log(result[1]); 
console.log(result[2]); 
console.log(result[3]);

Prints:

[ { id: 1, postcode: '10' }, { id: 1, postcode: '11' } ]

[ { id: 2, postcode: '20' }, 
  { id: 2, postcode: '21' },
  { id: 2, postcode: '22' } ]

[ { id: 3, postcode: '30' } ]