Javascript equivalent of Python's values() dictionary method
Updated
I've upvoted Adnan's answer as it was the first. I'm just posting a bit more details if it helps.
The for..in loop is what you are looking for -
var dictionary = {
id:'value',
idNext: 'value 2'
}
for (var key in dictionary){
//key will be -> 'id'
//dictionary[key] -> 'value'
}
To get all the keys in the dictionary
object, you can Object.keys(dictionary)
This means, you can do the same thing in an array loop --
var keys = Object.keys(dictionary);
keys.forEach(function(key){
console.log(key, dictionary[key]);
});
This proves especially handy when you want to filter keys without writing ugly if..else
loops.
keys.filter(function(key){
//return dictionary[key] % 2 === 0;
//return !key.match(/regex/)
// and so on
});
Update - To get all the values in the dictionary, currently there is no other way than to perform a loop. How you do the loop is a matter of choice though. Personally, I prefer
var dictionary = {
a: [1,2,3, 4],
b:[5,6,7]
}
var values = Object.keys(dictionary).map(function(key){
return dictionary[key];
});
//will return [[1,2,3,4], [5,6,7]]
Object.values() is available in Firefox 47 and Chrome 51, here's a one-line polyfill for other browsers:
Object.values = Object.values || function(o){return Object.keys(o).map(function(k){return o[k]})};
With jQuery, there's a pretty one line version using $.map():
var dict = {1: 2, 3: 4};
var values = $.map(dict, function(value, key) { return value });
var keys = $.map(dict, function(value, key) { return key });