javascript reach element by a path array
You could do this recursively and then use delete to remove the final key-value pair in your base-case:
const path = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
const obj = { "a": { "b": { "c": { "d": 10, "e": 20 } } } };
const remove_from_path = (obj, [prop, ...rest]) =>
!rest.length ? delete obj[prop] : remove_from_path(obj[prop], rest);
remove_from_path(obj, path);
console.log(obj);You can loop through the path array and in each iteration access that property of the obj object. In the last iteration, instead of entering the last property, delete it.
var path = ["a", "b", "c", "d"];
var obj = { "a": { "b": { "c": { "d": 10, "e": 20 } } } };
path.reduce(function(result, key, index) {
if (index === path.length - 1) delete result[key];
else return result[key];
}, obj);
console.log(obj);You could save the last key and reduce the objects to the final object.
const
remove = (object, [...keys]) => {
const last = keys.pop();
delete keys.reduce((o, k) => o[k] || {}, object)[last];
},
path = ["a", "b", "c", "d"],
obj = { a: { b: { c: { d: 10, e: 20 } } } };
remove(obj, path);
console.log(obj);