Does anyone know of a (lodash if possible too) way to group an array of objects by an object key then create a new array of objects based on the grouping? For example, I have an array of car objects:
var cars = [
{
'make': 'audi',
'model': 'r8',
'year': '2012'
}, {
'make': 'audi',
'model': 'rs5',
'year': '2013'
}, {
'make': 'ford',
'model': 'mustang',
'year': '2012'
}, {
'make': 'ford',
'model': 'fusion',
'year': '2015'
}, {
'make': 'kia',
'model': 'optima',
'year': '2012'
},
];
I want to make a new array of car objects that's grouped by make
:
var cars = {
'audi': [
{
'model': 'r8',
'year': '2012'
}, {
'model': 'rs5',
'year': '2013'
},
],
'ford': [
{
'model': 'mustang',
'year': '2012'
}, {
'model': 'fusion',
'year': '2015'
}
],
'kia': [
{
'model': 'optima',
'year': '2012'
}
]
}
Best Answer
In plain Javascript, you could use
Array#reduce
with an object