How to implement a pluck function in TypeScript?

Question

I often need to pluck properties out of an object

const obj = {a:1, b: 2, c: 3};
const plucked = pluck(obj, \'a\', \'b\'); // {a: 1, b:2}

Howev

Answer 1

I ended up using any on the object that I manipulate and TypeScript is happy allowing that as a return value. See it in action

function pluck<T, K extends keyof T>(obj: T, keys: K[]): Pick<T, K> {
    const ret: any = {};
    for (let key of keys) { 
        ret[key] = obj[key];
    }
    return ret; 
}

const less = pluck({ a: 1, b: '2', c: true }, ['a', 'c']);

Answer 2

Here's an alternative option:

function pluck<T, K extends keyof T>(objs: T, keys: K[]): Pick<T, K> {
  return keys.reduce((result, key) => 
    Object.assign(result, {[key as string]: objs[key]}), {}) as Pick<T, K>;
}