Convert object array to hash map, indexed by an attribute value of the Object

Question

Use Case

The use case is to convert an array of objects into a hash map based on string or function provided to evaluate and use as the key in the hash map and val

Answer 1

Using ES6 Map (pretty well supported), you can try this:

var arr = [
    { key: 'foo', val: 'bar' },
    { key: 'hello', val: 'world' }
];

var result = new Map(arr.map(i => [i.key, i.val]));

// When using TypeScript, need to specify type:
// var result = arr.map((i): [string, string] => [i.key, i.val])

// Unfortunately maps don't stringify well.  This is the contents in array form.
console.log("Result is: " + JSON.stringify([...result])); 
// Map {"foo" => "bar", "hello" => "world"}

Answer 2

With lodash, this can be done using keyBy:

var arr = [
    { key: 'foo', val: 'bar' },
    { key: 'hello', val: 'world' }
];

var result = _.keyBy(arr, o => o.key);

console.log(result);
// Object {foo: Object, hello: Object}

Answer 3

es2015 version:

const myMap = new Map(objArray.map(obj => [ obj.key, obj.val ]));

Answer 4

Following is small snippet i've created in javascript to convert array of objects to hash map, indexed by attribute value of object. You can provide a function to evaluate the key of hash map dynamically (run time).

function isFunction(func){
    return Object.prototype.toString.call(func) === '[object Function]';
}

/**
 * This function converts an array to hash map
 * @param {String | function} key describes the key to be evaluated in each object to use as key for hasmap
 * @returns Object
 * @Example 
 *      [{id:123, name:'naveen'}, {id:345, name:"kumar"}].toHashMap("id")
        Returns :- Object {123: Object, 345: Object}

        [{id:123, name:'naveen'}, {id:345, name:"kumar"}].toHashMap(function(obj){return obj.id+1})
        Returns :- Object {124: Object, 346: Object}
 */
Array.prototype.toHashMap = function(key){
    var _hashMap = {}, getKey = isFunction(key)?key: function(_obj){return _obj[key];};
    this.forEach(function (obj){
        _hashMap[getKey(obj)] = obj;
    });
    return _hashMap;
};

You can find the gist here : https://gist.github.com/naveen-ithappu/c7cd5026f6002131c1fa