How to get a subset of a javascript object's properties

Question

Say I have an object:

elmo = { 
  color: \'red\',
  annoying: true,
  height: \'unknown\',
  meta: { one: \'1\', two: \'2\'}
};

I want to m

Answer 1

To add another esoteric way, this works aswell:

var obj = {a: 1, b:2, c:3}
var newobj = {a,c}=obj && {a,c}
// {a: 1, c:3}

but you have to write the prop names twice.