Convert object array to hash map, indexed by an attribute value of the Object

Question

Use Case

The use case is to convert an array of objects into a hash map based on string or function provided to evaluate and use as the key in the hash map and val

Answer 1

A small improvement on the reduce usage:

var arr = [
    { key: 'foo', val: 'bar' },
    { key: 'hello', val: 'world' }
];

var result = arr.reduce((map, obj) => ({
    ...map,
    [obj.key] = obj.val
}), {});

console.log(result);
// { foo: 'bar', hello: 'world' }