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

This will do what you need:

var origArr = [
  {name: 'Trump', isRunning: true},
  {name: 'Cruz', isRunning: true},
  {name: 'Kasich', isRunning: true}
];

var updatingArr = [
  {name: 'Cruz', isRunning: false},
  {name: 'Kasich', isRunning: false}
];

for (var i = 0; i < updatingArr.length; ++i) {
  var updateItem = updatingArr[i];
  for (var j = 0; j < origArr.length; ++j) {
    var origItem = origArr[j];
    if (origItem.name == updateItem.name) {
      origItem.isRunning = updateItem.isRunning;
      break;    
    }
  }
}

document.write('
' + JSON.stringify(origArr, 0, 4) + '
');