How to select a particular field from javascript array

Question

I have an array object in javascript. I would to select a particular field from all the rows of the object.

I have an object like

var sample = {
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Answer 1

That Javascript has no meaning. It is syntatically incorrect. I assume you meant:

var sample = [
    {Name:"a",Age:1},
    {Name:"b",Age:2},
    {Name:"c",Age:3}
]

Then you can use jQuery to do something like this:

var names = $(sample).map(function(){ return this.Name; });

But in reality all jQuery is doing is looping through the object for you. Writing your own loop would be (insignificantly) faster. There is no way to do this without a loop.

Answer 2

// assuming you mean:
var sample = [
    {Name:"a",Age:1},
    {Name:"b",Age:2},
    {Name:"c",Age:3}
]

Well, your biggest problem there is that no matter what happens, you'll have to loop. Now, jQuery will let you hide that behavior with:

var output = []
$.each( sample, function(i,e){ output.push( e.Name )} );

But fundamentally, that is the same thing as:

for( var i = 0; i < sample.length; i++ )
{
   output.push( v.Name )
}

Answer 3

You've got your definition the wrong way round. Instead of having an object containing 3 arrays, you want an array of objects.

like this:

var sample = [{Name:"a",Age:1},
   {Name:"b",Age:2},
   {Name:"c",Age:3}];

Then you can do:

var name0 = sample[0].Name;
var age0 = sample[0].Age;

or to get all your names as per your example:

var names = [sample[0].Name,sample[1].Name,sample[2].Name];

But, without looping im not sure how you would get any number of values.... why no looping?

Just say you do loop, here's how you would do it:

var names = []
for(x in sample)
   names.push(sample[x].Name);

or with jQuery (which is still looping)

sample= jQuery.map(sample, function(n, i){
  return n.Name;
});

Answer 4

You can try this:

var sample = [{Name:"a", Age:1}, {Name:"b", Age:2}, {Name:"c", Age:3}];
var Names = sample.map(function(item){return item.Name;});