group by property javascript code example

Example 1: javascript group by property array of objects

function groupArrayOfObjects(list, key) {
  return list.reduce(function(rv, x) {
    (rv[x[key]] = rv[x[key]] || []).push(x);
    return rv;
  }, {});
};

var people = [
    {sex:"Male", name:"Jeff"},
    {sex:"Female", name:"Megan"},
    {sex:"Male", name:"Taylor"},
    {sex:"Female", name:"Madison"}
];
var groupedPeople=groupArrayOfObjects(people,"sex");
console.log(groupedPeople.Male);//will be the Males 
console.log(groupedPeople.Female);//will be the Females

Example 2: javascript for group object properties based on another property

var list = [
     {   date: "2017-01-01",
         type: "type1",
         amount: 100
     },
     {   date: "2017-01-01",
         type: "type2",
         amount: 150
     },
     {   date: "2017-01-02",
         type: "type1",
         amount: 200
     }]

var dateArrKeyHolder = [];
var dateArr = [];
list.forEach(function(item){
    dateArrKeyHolder[item.date] = dateArrKeyHolder[item.date]||{};
    var obj = dateArrKeyHolder[item.date];
    if(Object.keys(obj).length == 0)
    dateArr.push(obj);
    
    obj.date = item.date;
    obj.activities  = obj.activities || [];
    
    obj.activities.push({type:item.type, amount: item.amount });
});


console.log(JSON.stringify(dateArr));

/* Result:
 [{"date":"2017-01-01","activities":[{"type":"type1","amount":100},{"type":"type2","amount":150}]},
  {"date":"2017-01-02","activities":[{"type":"type1","amount":200}]}] 
*/