How do I filter an array with TypeScript in Angular 2?

Question

ng-2 parent-child data inheritance has been a difficulty for me.

What seems that could be a fine working practical solution is filtering my total array of data to a

Answer 1

To filter an array irrespective of the property type (i.e. for all property types), we can create a custom filter pipe

import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';

@Pipe({ name: "filter" })
export class ManualFilterPipe implements PipeTransform {
  transform(itemList: any, searchKeyword: string) {
    if (!itemList)
      return [];
    if (!searchKeyword)
      return itemList;
    let filteredList = [];
    if (itemList.length > 0) {
      searchKeyword = searchKeyword.toLowerCase();
      itemList.forEach(item => {
        //Object.values(item) => gives the list of all the property values of the 'item' object
        let propValueList = Object.values(item);
        for(let i=0;i<propValueList.length;i++)
        {
          if (propValueList[i]) {
            if (propValueList[i].toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(searchKeyword) > -1)
            {
              filteredList.push(item);
              break;
            }
          }
        }
      });
    }
    return filteredList;
  }
}

//Usage

//<tr *ngFor="let company of companyList | filter: searchKeyword"></tr>

Don't forget to import the pipe in the app module

We might need to customize the logic to filer with dates.

Answer 2

You can check an example in Plunker over here plunker example filters

filter() {

    let storeId = 1;
    this.bookFilteredList = this.bookList
                                .filter((book: Book) => book.storeId === storeId);
    this.bookList = this.bookFilteredList; 
}

Answer 3

You need to put your code into ngOnInit and use the this keyword:

ngOnInit() {
  this.booksByStoreID = this.books.filter(
          book => book.store_id === this.store.id);
}

You need ngOnInit because the input store wouldn't be set into the constructor:

ngOnInit is called right after the directive's data-bound properties have been checked for the first time, and before any of its children have been checked. It is invoked only once when the directive is instantiated.

(https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/api/core/index/OnInit-interface.html)

In your code, the books filtering is directly defined into the class content...