map function for objects (instead of arrays)

Question

I have an object:

myObject = { \'a\': 1, \'b\': 2, \'c\': 3 }

I am looking for a native method, similar to Array.prototype.map

Answer 1

var myObject = { 'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3 };


Object.prototype.map = function(fn){
    var oReturn = {};
    for (sCurObjectPropertyName in this) {
        oReturn[sCurObjectPropertyName] = fn(this[sCurObjectPropertyName], sCurObjectPropertyName);
    }
    return oReturn;
}
Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype,'map',{enumerable:false});





newObject = myObject.map(function (value, label) {
    return value * value;
});


// newObject is now { 'a': 1, 'b': 4, 'c': 9 }

Answer 2

I came here looking to find and answer for mapping an object to an array and got this page as a result. In case you came here looking for the same answer I was, here is how you can map and object to an array.

You can use map to return a new array from the object like so:

var newObject = Object.keys(myObject).map(function(key) {
   return myObject[key];
});

Answer 3

const mapObject = (targetObject, callbackFn) => {
    if (!targetObject) return targetObject;
    if (Array.isArray(targetObject)){
        return targetObject.map((v)=>mapObject(v, callbackFn))
    }
    return Object.entries(targetObject).reduce((acc,[key, value]) => {
        const res = callbackFn(key, value);
        if (!Array.isArray(res) && typeof res ==='object'){
            return {...acc, [key]: mapObject(res, callbackFn)}
        }
        if (Array.isArray(res)){
            return {...acc, [key]: res.map((v)=>mapObject(v, callbackFn))}
        }
        return {...acc, [key]: res};
    },{})
};
const mapped = mapObject(a,(key,value)=> {
    if (!Array.isArray(value) && key === 'a') return ;
    if (!Array.isArray(value) && key === 'e') return [];
    if (!Array.isArray(value) && key === 'g') return value * value;
    return value;
});
console.log(JSON.stringify(mapped)); 
// {"b":2,"c":[{"d":2,"e":[],"f":[{"g":4}]}]}

This function goes recursively through the object and arrays of objects. Attributes can be deleted if returned undefined

Answer 4

you can use map method and forEach on arrays but if you want to use it on Object then you can use it with twist like below:

Using Javascript (ES6)

var obj = { 'a': 2, 'b': 4, 'c': 6 };   
Object.entries(obj).map( v => obj[v[0]] *= v[1] );
console.log(obj); //it will log as {a: 4, b: 16, c: 36}

var obj2 = { 'a': 4, 'b': 8, 'c': 10 };
Object.entries(obj2).forEach( v => obj2[v[0]] *= v[1] );
console.log(obj2); //it will log as {a: 16, b: 64, c: 100}

Using jQuery

var ob = { 'a': 2, 'b': 4, 'c': 6 };
$.map(ob, function (val, key) {
   ob[key] *= val;
});
console.log(ob) //it will log as {a: 4, b: 16, c: 36}

Or you can use other loops also like $.each method as below example:

$.each(ob,function (key, value) {
  ob[key] *= value;
});
console.log(ob) //it will also log as {a: 4, b: 16, c: 36}

Answer 5

The map function does not exist on the Object.prototype however you can emulate it like so

var myMap = function ( obj, callback ) {

    var result = {};

    for ( var key in obj ) {
        if ( Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call( obj, key ) ) {
            if ( typeof callback === 'function' ) {
                result[ key ] = callback.call( obj, obj[ key ], key, obj );
            }
        }
    }

    return result;

};

var myObject = { 'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3 };

var newObject = myMap( myObject, function ( value, key ) {
    return value * value;
});

Answer 6

Define a function mapEntries.

mapEntries takes a callback function that is called on each entry in the object with the parameters value, key and object. It should return the a new value.

mapEntries should return a new object with the new values returned from the callback.

Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype, 'mapEntries', {
  enumerable: false,
  value: function (mapEntriesCallback) {
    return Object.fromEntries(
      Object.entries(this).map(
        ([key, value]) => [key, mapEntriesCallback(value, key, this)]
      )
    )
  }
})


// Usage example:

var object = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}
var newObject = object.mapEntries(value => value * value)
console.log(newObject)
//> {a: 1, b: 4, c: 9}

Edit: A previous version didn't specify that this is not an enumerable property