JavaScript - merge two arrays of objects and de-duplicate based on property value

Question

I want to update (replace) the objects in my array with the objects in another array. Each object has the same structure. e.g.

var origArr = [
          


        

Answer 1

You can use a hash which gives the index by name, and Object.assign to update.

var hash = origArr.reduce(function(hash, obj, index) {
  hash[obj.name] = index;
  return hash;
}, Object.create(null));
for(var obj of updatingArr) {
  Object.assign(origArr[hash[obj.name]], obj);
}